Trump floats forcing end to congressional recess to resolve DHS shutdown

President Donald Trump on Tuesday indicated he was open to requiring Congress to return from its recess early to resolve the ongoing shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.

“It’s something that’s under consideration,” he told the New York Post. “Maybe we’ll let them have Easter."

The current recess is set to last until April 14. The Senate left Washington after passing a 3 a.m. bill to fund DHS without money for ICE or CBP, though the House instead passed a 60-day continuing resolution to fund the whole department.

The shutdown has lasted for 45 days. 

The president has constitutional authority to convene a special session of Congress, though the chief executive has rarely used it throughout the nation's history and the president has not done so since 1948.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.