{"id":2582476,"date":"2026-03-21T20:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-convoluted-effort-to-fund-tsa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:45:09","slug":"senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-convoluted-effort-to-fund-tsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-convoluted-effort-to-fund-tsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans strike down Schumer&#8217;s &#8216;convoluted&#8217; effort to fund TSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fsenate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-convoluted-effort-to-fund-tsa%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=2582476&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 Republicans blocked Chuck Schumer\u2019s bid to fund onyl the Transportation Security Governance as part of the ongoing fight over Department of Homeland Security funding, a plan that would have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bypassed standard appropriations rules<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-expected-to-reup-vote-on-ivf-proposal-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Schumer expected to reup vote on IVF proposal - Washington Examiner\">measure needed 60 votes<\/a> and failed 41-49, with six Democrats and four republicans not voting; Senate Majority Leader John Thune called the idea \u201cconvoluted\u201d and said it didn\u2019t accomplish what Democrats claimed. The dispute coincided with President Trump\u2019s threat to deploy ICE officers to airports to protect DHS operations if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns ... What ... Will Do If ... End Filibuster: \u2018Would Be Child\u2019s Play\u2019\">funding deal<\/a> isn\u2019t reached, intensifying the pressure as lawmakers in Washington work to avert a DHS shutdown ahead of a two-week recess.  <\/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\">Senate Republicans strike down Schumer&rsquo;s &lsquo;convoluted&rsquo; effort to fund TSA<\/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_2538908\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Republicans voted against a last-ditch effort from Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) to fund the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tsa\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tsa\">Transportation Security Administration<\/a>, as a shutdown fight over Department of Homeland Security funding barrels on.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer introduced a bill to solely fund TSA, suspending Senate rules and advancing it through the Rules Committee, which doesn&rsquo;t handle appropriations legislation. Needing 60 votes to pass, it <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/LIS\/roll_call_votes\/vote1192\/vote_119_2_00061.htm\">failed<\/a> along party lines, 41 to 49, with six Democrats and four Republicans not voting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4499706\/democrats-lambaste-trump-response-mueller-death\/\">Democrats lambaste Trump&#8217;s response to Robert Mueller&#8217;s death<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4499116\/thune-pleads-with-voters-patience-rising-gas-prices-iran-war\/\">Thune pleads with voters for patience on rising gas prices amid Iran war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/4477047\/cynthia-lummis-candid-explanation-retirement-plans\/\">This senator offered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youre-not-fired-noem-shows-how-trump-2-0-is-different\/\" title=\"&#039;You\u2019re not fired\u2019: Noem shows how ... 2.0 is different\">refreshingly candid explanation<\/a> for her retirement plans<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was bemused by Schumer&rsquo;s idea, calling it &ldquo;convoluted.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t know how you come up with this. I will give you credit for coming up with something that&rsquo;s convoluted, but it doesn&rsquo;t do anything that the [Democratic] leader says it does,&rdquo; Thune said.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer&rsquo;s effort came just an hour after President Donald Trump appeared to up the ante for Democrats to fund DHS, which has been without funding for 35 days.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4499616\/trump-threaten-replace-tsa-officer-ice-agent-dhs-shutdown\/\">threatened<\/a> to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports as major hubs grapple with TSA officers calling out of work or quitting altogether.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the Radical Left Democrats don&rsquo;t immediately sign an agreement to let our Country, in particular, our Airports, be FREE and SAFE again, I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before,&rdquo; he posted on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said their job would include the &ldquo;immediate arrest of all Illegal Immigrants who have come into our Country, with heavy emphasis on those from Somalia.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4499616\/trump-threaten-replace-tsa-officer-ice-agent-dhs-shutdown\/\">TRUMP THREATENS TO REPLACE TSA OFFICERS WITH ICE AGENTS AS DHS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He later revealed that those ICE officers would be &ldquo;ready to go&rdquo; as soon as Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Senators have remained in Washington, D.C., for the weekend as they try to strike a funding deal for DHS. Time is very much of the essence, as a two-week recess is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/legislative\/2026_schedule.htm\">set to begin<\/a> at the end of next week.<\/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>Senate Republicans vote down Schumer TSA funding plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2582477,"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\/senate-gop-reject-schumer-tsa-effort.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[6513,3756,4411,3740,9673],"class_list":["post-2582476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-funding","tag-republicans","tag-schumer","tag-senate","tag-tsa"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/senate-gop-reject-schumer-tsa-effort.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582476","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\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582476"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582480,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582476\/revisions\/2582480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}