{"id":2582486,"date":"2026-03-22T01:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-effort-to-fund-tsa\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T01:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T05:24:14","slug":"senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-effort-to-fund-tsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-effort-to-fund-tsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans strike down Schumer&#8217;s 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\">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%2Fsenate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-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=2582486&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 rejected a last-ditch bid by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) with a standalone bill as lawmakers contend with a broader Department of Homeland Security funding dispute. Schumer\u2019s plan would have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bypassed normal appropriations rules<\/a> and advanced the TSA-only measure through the Rules Committee, but it needed 60 votes and failed 41-49, with six Democrats and four Republicans not voting.Senate Majority Leader John Thune dismissed the idea as \u201cconvoluted\u201d and said it did not accomplish what Schumer claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The vote came as President Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports to secure DHS operations if a funding deal is not reached, signaling the urgency of a resolution ahead of a two-week congressional recess. Senators have remained in Washington to try to finalize funding for DHS as the deadline looms. The article also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-vice-president-jd-vance-speaks-at-munich-leaders-meeting\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: V... President JD Vance speaks at Munich Leaders Meeting\">includes recommended stories<\/a> and frames the controversy within the ongoing fight over DHS funding and potential shutdown.  <\/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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-strike-down-schumers-convoluted-effort-to-fund-tsa\/\" title=\"... down Schumer&#039;s &#039;convoluted&#039; ... to ... ...\">handle appropriations legislation<\/a>. 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 refreshingly candid explanation 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 don&rsquo;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>GOP blocks Schumer&#8217;s TSA funding bid amid DHS standoff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2582487,"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],"tags":[5894,3756,3740,9673],"class_list":["post-2582486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-politics","tag-republicans","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\/2582486","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=2582486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2582490,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582486\/revisions\/2582490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2582487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}