Overview
- House leaders won a 213–210 procedural vote to bring a bipartisan two-bill minibus to the floor for final passage on Thursday.
- The Senate is on track to pass a separate three-bill package covering Commerce, Justice, Interior and the EPA later this week.
- Completion of these packages would bring Congress to six of 12 full-year appropriations bills ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline.
- The Homeland Security bill was removed from current packages after the Minneapolis ICE shooting, with Democrats seeking ICE oversight changes before lending support.
- Top negotiators from both parties say a short-term continuing resolution for DHS is likely if no deal emerges, with upcoming recesses compressing the timeline.