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Senate Sends Three-Bill Minibus to Trump as DHS Fight Imperils Final Funding Push

Fallout from the Renee Good shooting has turned Homeland Security funding into the chief obstacle, raising the prospect of a short-term patch.

The U.S. Capitol is seen at sunset, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
A meteorologist monitors weather activity on a computer screen at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Maryland on Dec. 5, 2024.
A view shows the U.S. Capitol dome from the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 14, 2022. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Overview

  • Senators passed a three-bill package in an 82–15 vote, sending commerce, justice, science, energy, water, interior and environment funding to President Donald Trump.
  • With the Senate action, six of the 12 annual appropriations bills have cleared both chambers, while a House-passed two-bill package for Financial Services and National Security–State awaits Senate consideration.
  • The Homeland Security bill was pulled from a House package after the ICE shooting of Renee Good, and progressives are threatening to oppose DHS and ICE funding without enforceable reforms.
  • Negotiators are weighing a continuing resolution targeted to DHS if no deal is reached before the Jan. 30 deadline, and the Senate is now on recess until the final week of January.
  • Appropriators aim to unveil Defense, Labor–HHS–Education, and Transportation–HUD text as soon as Sunday, and leaders are exploring procedural paths to combine remaining House-passed packages for faster Senate passage.