Jeffries Says House Democrats Divided on Senate Funding Bill With 2-Week DHS Extension

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday said House Democrats hold a “diversity of perspectives” on whether to support a Senate-passed funding bill that would restore funding for multiple agencies through September while extending Department of Homeland Security funding for two weeks.

The bill, which passed the Senate Friday by a 71–29 vote, would provide full-year funding for the Departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. It would extend DHS funding—which includes funding for Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE)—for two weeks to give lawmakers time to negotiate changes to immigration enforcement policy before a full-year DHS measure is considered.