{"id":15451,"date":"2026-01-25T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15451"},"modified":"2026-01-25T02:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T02:00:17","slug":"schumer-democrats-will-block-funding-unless-64-4bn-for-homeland-security-removed-us-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15451","title":{"rendered":"Schumer: Democrats will block funding unless $64.4bn for homeland security removed | US politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the wake of another fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minnesota by a federal officer, the Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer<\/a>, said Saturday evening that his party will block a funding package next week unless $64.4bn for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is removed.<\/p>\n

The announcement, which dramatically escalates the potential for another government shutdown, comes as anger toward DHS, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intensifies among the party after a group of federal agents violently restrained and then fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis<\/a> Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s happening in Minnesota<\/a> is appalling \u2013 and unacceptable in any American city,\u201d Schumer, a New York senator, said in a statement. \u201cDemocrats sought common sense reforms in the Department of Homeland Security spending bill, but because of Republicans\u2019 refusal to stand up to President Trump, the DHS bill is woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE. I will vote no.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSenate Democrats<\/a> will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The House passed the bill this week, although Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said previously that most Democrats would not support the funding for ICE. Seven Democrats<\/a>, however, moved it over the line.<\/p>\n

Now the funding package, which currentlyincludes $10bn for ICE, needs 60 votes to avoid a filibuster and pass the Senate. Republicans currently control 53 seats and would need Democratic support to pass the bipartisan package.<\/p>\n

The package also includes funding for other government agencies including the defense, state , education, labor and transportation departments.<\/p>\n

After the shooting of Pretti, a handful of Senate Democrats who previously appeared supportive of the funding package began to announce their opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump administration and Kristi Noem are putting undertrained, combative federal agents on the streets with no accountability,\u201d Nevada senator Catherine Cortez Masto said in a statement. \u201cThey are oppressing Americans and are at odds with local law enforcement. This is clearly not about keeping Americans safe. It\u2019s brutalizing US citizens and law-abiding immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacky Rosen, Nevada\u2019s other senator, wrote on X: \u201cAs a member of the U.S. Senate, I have the responsibility to hold the Trump Administration accountable when I see abuses of power \u2014 like we are seeing from ICE right now. That is why I\u2019ll be voting against any government funding package that contains the bill that funds this agency, until we have guardrails in place to curtail these abuses of power and ensure more accountability and transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Mark Warner, a Democratic senator for Virginia, wrote: \u201cI cannot and will not vote to fund D.H.S. while this administration continues these violent federal takeovers of our cities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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