Overview
- The House approved the DHS bill 220–207, with seven Democrats joining nearly all Republicans and one Republican, Thomas Massie, voting no.
- The four-bill package totals roughly $1.2 trillion, including $64.4 billion for DHS and about $10 billion for ICE, keeping ICE funding roughly flat.
- Negotiators added targeted guardrails such as $20 million for body cameras, expanded de-escalation training, new reporting requirements, a $115 million cut to enforcement and removal operations, and fewer detention beds.
- Speaker Mike Johnson cleared internal GOP hurdles by creating an E15 Domestic Energy Council to placate Midwestern Republicans, enabling final House votes.
- The legislation now heads to the Senate, which must act before Jan. 30 to avoid another partial shutdown, as President Trump has said a shutdown will probably occur.