{"id":2587082,"date":"2026-04-04T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-corners-senate-gop-on-totally-inappropriate-section-of-dhs-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T13:14:49","slug":"gingrich-corners-senate-gop-on-totally-inappropriate-section-of-dhs-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-corners-senate-gop-on-totally-inappropriate-section-of-dhs-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingrich Corners Senate GOP on &#8216;Totally Inappropriate&#8217; Section of DHS Bill"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fgingrich-corners-senate-gop-on-totally-inappropriate-section-of-dhs-bill%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=2587082&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>A recent report highlights Newt Gingrich\u2019s criticism of a provision in the latest Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which he argues is \u201ctotally inappropriate\u201d because it appears to block any spending on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The article notes that the Senate approved a funding deal that excluded ICE and Border Patrol funding using unanimous consent, while the House passed a stopgap DHS bill that funds immigration enforcement through late may. Gingrich expressed confusion about why Senate Republicans would tolerate such a clause and said he hadn\u2019t received a satisfactory clarification.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the piece describes the Senate\u2019s failure to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and would tighten voter ID rules. Senate Majority Leader John Thune acknowledged some progress but said more work remains, while Florida Representative Randy Fine criticized Thune for what he saw as inaction. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article includes standard publisher notes<\/a> and licensing information.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich raised concerns on Tuesday about a provision in the latest Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, asking why Senate Republicans allowed a section that is &ldquo;totally inappropriate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate approved a funding deal Friday that excluded money for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol using unanimous consent, while the House later narrowly passed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-trump-team-up-succeeds-leaves-dems-stuck-holding-bag-if-govt-shuts-down\/\" title=\"...-Trump Team up Succeeds, Leaves Dems Stuck Holding Bag if Gov&#039;t Shuts Down\">stopgap bill funding<\/a> all of DHS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polls-majorities-of-americans-support-trumps-mass-deportations\/\" title=\"Polls: Majorities Of Americans Support Trump&#039;s Mass Deportations\">including immigration enforcement<\/a>, through late May. Speaking on &ldquo;Kudlow,&rdquo; Gingrich said the provision appears problematic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What it says is no money in this bill can be spent on ICE. Well, I don&rsquo;t understand, and again, I don&rsquo;t want to reach the conclusion, because I don&rsquo;t understand it. But the way it&rsquo;s written, it sure seems to me that the Senate Republicans allowed something to be put in there that would be totally inappropriate,&rdquo; Gingrich told guest host David Asman. &ldquo;Particularly because the reading, at least on the House side, is that the money that does exist from the great Big Beautiful Bill back in last year cannot be used for operational funds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gingrich said he does not understand why Senate Republicans allowed that section in the DHS funding bill.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t fully understand why the Republicans would have tolerated that section, and it&rsquo;s very clear, it&rsquo;s very specific, and I have several friends of mine who are lawyers who are trying to get it through and deal with experts and tell me, you know, but I&rsquo;ve not gotten a good explanation from the Senate as to why the Republicans would have accepted that,&rdquo; Gingrich added.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Senate failed to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that would have required proof of citizenship to register to vote, added voter ID rules, and removed non-citizens from voter rolls. A reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkLynchSC\/status\/2037903500659544213?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asked<\/a> Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune if he believes everything is &ldquo;resolved&rdquo; and &ldquo;working out well.&rdquo; He said, &ldquo;We made some temporary headway, but we got a lot of work to do still.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Republican Florida Rep. Randy Fine criticized Thune on X Friday. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepFine\/status\/2037551408849768675?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Thune appeared to be leaving the capital while the SAVE America Act stalled.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Looks like Leader John Thune is on his way out of town with his private escort, as the SAVE America Act gets left behind. This is very disappointing. I am willing to stay in Washington as long as it takes to get the job done,&rdquo; he wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-weighs-in-on-deadly-subway-clash-after-desantis-calls-marine-a-good-samaritan\/\" title=\"Trump Weighs In on Deadly Subway Clash After DeSantis Calls Marine a &#039;Good Samaritan&#039;\">nonpartisan newswire service<\/a>, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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The Senate had approved a funding package Friday that did not include money for ICE and Border Patrol using unanimous consent, while the House later passed a stopgap funding measure for all of DHS, including immigration enforcement, through late May. On Kudlow, Gingrich said the clause seems problematic because it appears to prohibit any spending on ICE in the bill. He admitted he doesn\u2019t fully understand the rationale and asked why Republicans would tolerate such language, noting a reading on the House side that money from the prior \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d cannot be used for operating funds and saying he has not received a clear explanation from the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the Senate did not pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, tighten voter ID rules, and remove non-citizens from voter rolls. When asked if everything is resolved, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said there has been some temporary headway but there is still a lot of work to do. Republican Florida Rep. Randy Fine criticized Thune on X, accusing him of leaving town while the SAVE America Act stalled, and said he would stay in Washington as long as needed to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>Note: This summary reflects content from the Daily Caller News Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2587083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7427.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,72227,7473,44871,34548],"class_list":["post-2587082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-dhs-bill","tag-gingrich","tag-homeland-security","tag-senate-gop"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_7427.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587082","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587082"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2587086,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587082\/revisions\/2587086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2587083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}