You Vote: With the GOP on path to end partial government shutdown, who comes out ahead?

Congressional Republicans will begin the process of approving the funding as early as Thursday morning.

Published: April 1, 2026 8:00pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Wednesday that House and Senate Republicans have reached a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the remainder of the current fiscal year.

The deal omits DHS funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, but the agencies are being funded through the One Big Beautiful Bill, which provides funds for the agencies for four years.

Congressional Republicans will begin the process of approving the funding as early as Thursday morning.

“We appreciate and share the President’s determination to once and for all bring an end to the Democrat DHS shutdown," the two leaders said in a joint statement. “Republicans in the Senate and House will be following through on the President’s directive by fully funding the entire Department of Homeland Security on two parallel tracks: through the appropriations process and through the reconciliation process.

“We operated under a belief that while our country is in the midst of an international armed conflict, Democrats might finally come to their senses and understand that defunding our homeland security agencies is beyond reckless and very dangerous," the leaders continued. "It is now abundantly clear that Democrats place allegiance to their radical left-wing base above all else — including their own power of the purse — which means open borders and protecting criminal illegal aliens."

The leaders said they hoped Democrats would agree to the House's 60-day continuing resolution but that the offer to do so was no longer on the table.

You Vote: With the GOP on path to end partial government shutdown, who comes out ahead?

Congressional Republicans, because they came together to end the gridlock
8% (257 votes)
Democrats, because they exposed divisions within the GOP and made them and ICE look bad
7% (246 votes)
No winners in this situation, as plenty of people were harmed or inconvenienced and it made both parties look bad
51% (1699 votes)
President Trump because he fought to keep the GOP unified, and did end-runs around the shutdown
34% (1159 votes)
Total votes: 3361

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