{"id":2581891,"date":"2026-03-19T18:37:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-threatens-to-cancel-senate-break-without-dhs-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T22:40:17","slug":"thune-threatens-to-cancel-senate-break-without-dhs-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-threatens-to-cancel-senate-break-without-dhs-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune threatens to cancel Senate break without DHS funding"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthune-threatens-to-cancel-senate-break-without-dhs-funding%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=2581891&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>Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he would keep senators in town for the April recess if Democrats and the White House cannot reach a deal on funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is at the heart of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blames-president-trump-climate-change-for-migrant-surge\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi blames President Trump, \u2018climate change\u2019 for migrant surge\">partial government shutdown<\/a> over immigration enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Thune\u2019s stance: he expects to cancel or <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >shorten travel plans<\/a> and not allow a break if DHS remains unfunded,arguing that funding the government is essential and that employees like TSA must be paid.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Context: the standoff centers on DHS funding,with Democrats demanding substantial reforms to the department in exchange for their votes,while Republicans push for funding to avoid a broader shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; White House and negotiations: the White House has proposed a set of reforms for DHS, and Tom Homan was sent to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers, signaling potential negotiations toward a deal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Democratic demands: thay want stronger reforms-such as tighter border enforcement oversight,a ban on face masks,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-risk-house-senate-fracture-over-dhs-funding-patch\/\" title=\"... risk House-... fracture over ... patch\">tighter warrant requirements<\/a>,and broader accountability for detention facilities-before they will support funding for DHS,including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Republican position: Republicans have floated funding for the rest of the government but have resisted a package that funds DHS without agreed reforms to ICE and CBP.<\/p>\n<p>the story highlights a high-stakes effort to avert a prolonged government shutdown by tying DHS funding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pres-trump-stands-strong-after-precedent-shattering-2023\/\" title=\"Trump remains resolute following ground...ing 2023\">major policy reforms<\/a>, with Thune signaling a firm stance against taking a recess until a funding agreement is reached.  <\/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\">Thune says no Senate break without DHS funding: &lsquo;If that&rsquo;s what it takes&rsquo;<\/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_2537557\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) is planning to keep senators in town for the April recess if Democrats cannot reach a compromise with the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> on funding for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Thune said he expects to cancel his travel plans if the department, at the center of a partial government shutdown over immigration enforcement, is still shuttered by the end of next week, when the Senate is scheduled to take a two-week Easter recess.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4497729\/john-thune-trump-nato-withdrawal-congressional-approval\/\">Thune says Trump &#8216;absolutely&#8217; needs Congress for NATO withdrawal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4497273\/democratic-claims-save-america-act-sarah-bedford\/\">Democratic claims on SAVE America Act won&#8217;t hold up to &#8216;scrutiny&#8217; before elections: Sarah Bedford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4497219\/senate-committee-advances-nomination-markwayne-mullin-dhs-secretary\/\">Senate committee advances nomination of Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;If that&rsquo;s what it takes,&rdquo; Thune said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t see us taking a break here in the next week if DHS isn&rsquo;t funded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just think we&rsquo;ve got to fund the government. We can&rsquo;t have a break like that, and continually have TSA not being paid and other government employees not being paid.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The White House sent border czar Tom Homan to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with a group of Senate Republicans and Democrats, a sign that a deal may be closer at hand, more than a month into the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats, who have refused to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement after two protesters were fatally shot in Minneapolis, have so far not budged off their demand that DHS agree to substantial reforms in exchange for their votes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll see,&rdquo; Thune said of the recess. &ldquo;I think hopefully folks are starting to realize that we can&rsquo;t sustain and continue this, and we need an answer and a solution, and that&rsquo;s going to take &hellip; people on both sides, so those conversations are getting underway.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thune had plans to use the break to help Republicans prepare for the midterm elections, with recesses often used in an election year to campaign or hold fundraising events. But he signaled those trips would be pared back in light of the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last month, Thune has been to New York, California, Florida, and Texas, something he said was not his &ldquo;favorite&rdquo; part of being majority leader.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the stuff you do when you have, for better or worse, when you have this job,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It never ends,&rdquo; he added at another point.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4497729\/john-thune-trump-nato-withdrawal-congressional-approval\/\"><strong>THUNE SAYS TRUMP &lsquo;ABSOLUTELY&rsquo; NEEDS CONGRESS FOR NATO WITHDRAWAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For DHS funding, the White House has agreed to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4494854\/white-house-dhs-government-shutdown-ice-self-identify\/\">set of reforms<\/a>, including increased oversight of detention facilities and the expanded use of body cameras, but Democrats say those concessions are not enough to rein in the agency and want a ban on face masks, tighter warrant requirements, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have repeatedly rebuffed attempts to pass a bill that funds everything except ICE and Customs and Border Protection, which was also involved in one of the shooting deaths. Democrats similarly have dug in over Republicans&rsquo; attempts to fund the agency in its entirety.<\/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>Thune: no Senate recess until DHS is funded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3204,"featured_media":2581892,"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\/AP26076732281220.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[65285,3740,23610],"class_list":["post-2581891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dhs-funding","tag-senate","tag-thune"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26076732281220.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581891","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\/3204"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581899,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581891\/revisions\/2581899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}