President Donald Trump has welcomed a new Senate deal on Department of Homeland Security funding ahead of a looming government shutdown.
“Republicans and Democrats in Congress have come together to get the vast majority of the Government funded until September, while at the same time providing an extension to the Department of Homeland Security (including the very important Coast Guard, which we are expanding and rebuilding like never before,” Trump said on Truth Social.
The deal will separate the DHS funds from the main government funding package, which includes five bipartisan bills and a two-week temporary spending bill for DHS. The deal was made Thursday after Democrats and eight Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, blocked the original bill in the Senate.
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