{"id":2575743,"date":"2026-03-03T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-retaliation-fears-fail-to-move-democrats-on-dhs-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T23:35:14","slug":"iran-retaliation-fears-fail-to-move-democrats-on-dhs-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-retaliation-fears-fail-to-move-democrats-on-dhs-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran retaliation fears fail to move Democrats on DHS shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firan-retaliation-fears-fail-to-move-democrats-on-dhs-shutdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An article from the Washington Examiner reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-and-israel-launch-preemptive-attack-against-iran\/\" title=\"US and Israel launch &#039;preemptive&#039; attack against ...\">iranian retaliation fears<\/a> and a broader Iran confrontation have not broken the partisan deadlock over funding for the Department of Homeland Security as the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >government shutdown nears<\/a> three weeks. Republicans want DHS funding passed with all agencies\u2014including ICE\u2014fully funded, arguing it\u2019s essential for national security, while Democrats insist on new ICE policy restrictions before supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-donald-trump-job-approval-shifts-to-52-percent\/\" title=\"Poll: Donald Trump Job Approval Shifts to 52 Percent\">funding bill<\/a>. Centrist Democrats like Jacky Rosen and Angus King are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-issues-1-7-trillion-counterproposal-to-republicans-on-infrastructure-plan\/\" title=\"White House Issues .7 Trillion Counterproposal To ... On Infrastructure Plan\">staying firm<\/a> on ICE concessions, signaling persistent obstacles to a quick bipartisan deal. Some Republicans, such as Katie Britt, say discussions are gradually moving from leadership to rank-and-file members, offering a potential opening for a breakthrough. The piece also notes that DHS workers, including TSA employees, would face pay disruption if funding remains blocked, and situates the DHS funding fight amid broader Iran-related political maneuvering and a Senate war-powers vote.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Iran retaliation fears fail to move Democrats on DHS shutdown<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2521900\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> escalating conflict with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> and fears of potential domestic retaliation have failed to break the partisan logjam in Congress over funding the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats dug in Tuesday on their positions on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/policy\/immigration\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"15\">immigration<\/a> enforcement, as each side sought to leverage the unrest abroad to their benefit in the DHS shutdown saga, which is approaching its three-week mark.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4478557\/senate-republicans-berate-kristi-noem-dhs-leadership\/\">Senate Republicans berate Kristi Noem over DHS leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4477739\/trump-war-powers-congress-iran\/\">Trump faces first domestic test on Iran conflict with Senate war powers vote<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4477611\/senate-adds-trump-ban-investors-housing-bill\/\">Senate adds Trump ban on purchases by large investors to bipartisan housing bill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Senate Democrats held firm that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a> should face new policy restrictions in exchange for providing the 60 votes needed for funding, prompting accusations from the administration and GOP lawmakers that they were hindering national security.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to vote to fund ICE and let them detain, brutalize, shoot, or kill more American citizens just because Donald Trump started an unconstitutional war that no one asked for,&rdquo; said Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/patty-murray\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2065\">Patty Murray<\/a> (D-WA), a leadership member and top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) told reporters that Democrats, &ldquo;at some point, have to take &lsquo;yes&rsquo; for an answer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Above all, right now, with enhanced terror threat from Iran and Iran-funded terrorist groups, it is vital that we ensure the Department of Homeland Security is fully funded and fully functioning,&rdquo; Thune said in earlier remarks on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> floor.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, some of Senate Democrats&rsquo; more centrist members<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">, <\/span>who were key to prior funding deals, told the&nbsp;Washington Examiner&nbsp;they, too, were steadfast in their ICE demands, including Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jacky-rosen\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11287\">Jacky Rosen<\/a> (D-NV) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/angus-king\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1085\">Angus King<\/a> (I-ME), offering the latest sign that an imminent solution was not on the horizon.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) arrives at a secure facility in the basement of the Capitol for an intelligence briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the Iran war in Washington, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;All they have to do is agree to the same [use-of-force] standards that our FBI and law enforcement across this country use,&rdquo; Rosen said of Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>King echoed other Democrats in arguing that the Iran conflict should underscore the need to pass funding for all other DHS agencies besides ICE, a proportion Republicans maintain is a non-starter. ICE and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a> under DHS remain funded during the shutdown through the Trump administration&rsquo;s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed last year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s up to them,&rdquo; King said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s easily solved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a bright spot for a potential bipartisan breakthrough, Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/katie-britt\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2057\">Katie Britt<\/a> (R-AL), a lead Republican negotiator, said she was &ldquo;encouraged&rdquo; that recent discussions had shifted from Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) to more rank-and-file Democrats that could lead to a deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4477739\/trump-war-powers-congress-iran\/\">TRUMP FACES FIRST DOMESTIC TEST ON IRAN CONFLICT WITH SENATE WAR POWERS VOTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As part of the pressure campaign against Democrats, Britt and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/susan-collins\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1302\">Susan Collins<\/a> (R-ME) unveiled details about the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/news\/majority\/chair-collins-sen-britt-release-fact-sheet-on-dhs-funding-lapse\">shutdown ramifications<\/a> facing DHS workers, including the 50,000 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tsa\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1557\">Transportation Security Administration<\/a> employees who they said are set to miss their first full paycheck next week.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you look at where we are right now with regards to increased threats to our homeland &mdash; what we saw in Austin being an example of that &mdash; I think that it is incredibly irresponsible to not fund the agency that is supposed to keep us safe here at home,&rdquo; said Britt, referring to a recent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4476302\/texas-bar-shooting-property-of-allah-iran-flag\/\">bar shooting in Texas<\/a> allegedly inspired by Trump&rsquo;s attacks on Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran crisis stalls DHS funding talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2575744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-394v7g9a3-1772577498609-e1772578472747.jpg?1772559684&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3685,73730,3823,7996],"class_list":["post-2575743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-dhs-shutdown","tag-iran","tag-retaliation"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-394v7g9a3-1772577498609-e1772578472747.jpg?1772559684&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575743"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2575747,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2575743\/revisions\/2575747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2575744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2575743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2575743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}