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On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill to restore funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Funding for immigration enforcement and border control remained in question after lawmakers left for another break.The House approved the bipartisan Senate bill earlier Thursday afternoon. Trump signed it shortly after.The bill had stalled in the House for several weeks as Speaker Mike Johnson pursued a Republican-only measure instead.Regular funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expired 76 days ago. The department has used temporary money set aside in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to pay Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The White House and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin have warned that the temporary reserve is about to run out. Lawmakers must now address the contents of a separate Republican reconciliation bill that would fund ICE and CBP through the end of Trump’s term. Democrats have refused to fund the two agencies following the deaths of two Americans who protested Trump’s immigration policies. This refusal led Republicans to propose the reconciliation package, which can pass without Democratic support. On Thursday, the House also passed the much-anticipated Farm Bill, which marked the first time such legislation has advanced this far in Congress since 2018. The bill included updates to food and agriculture programs at a time when, according to experts, farmers and consumers are faced with economic uncertainty. One notable change could make it easier to hold pesticide manufacturers liable for what some call potential health risks from their products. This change was largely pushed by lawmakers who support “Make America Healthy Again” policies. Congress also approved a short-term extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, which allows intelligence agencies to collect communications without a warrant from foreign targets and Americans interacting with them. A 45-day extension was passed ahead of Thursday’s expiration while Senators consider the three-year reauthorization from the House. The reauthorization includes new oversight of the federal surveillance program, but does not include warrant requirements that some have demanded.At question: legislation added onto FISA to ban a central bank digital currency. Senate leadership has said that part of the bill is “dead on arrival.”Follow the latest on Capitol Hill:
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill to restore funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Funding for immigration enforcement and border control remained in question after lawmakers left for another break.
The House approved the bipartisan Senate bill earlier Thursday afternoon. Trump signed it shortly after.
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The bill had stalled in the House for several weeks as Speaker Mike Johnson pursued a Republican-only measure instead.
Regular funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expired 76 days ago. The department has used temporary money set aside in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to pay Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The White House and DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin have warned that the temporary reserve is about to run out.
Lawmakers must now address the contents of a separate Republican reconciliation bill that would fund ICE and CBP through the end of Trump’s term. Democrats have refused to fund the two agencies following the deaths of two Americans who protested Trump’s immigration policies. This refusal led Republicans to propose the reconciliation package, which can pass without Democratic support.
On Thursday, the House also passed the much-anticipated Farm Bill, which marked the first time such legislation has advanced this far in Congress since 2018. The bill included updates to food and agriculture programs at a time when, according to experts, farmers and consumers are faced with economic uncertainty. One notable change could make it easier to hold pesticide manufacturers liable for what some call potential health risks from their products. This change was largely pushed by lawmakers who support “Make America Healthy Again” policies.
Congress also approved a short-term extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, which allows intelligence agencies to collect communications without a warrant from foreign targets and Americans interacting with them.
A 45-day extension was passed ahead of Thursday’s expiration while Senators consider the three-year reauthorization from the House. The reauthorization includes new oversight of the federal surveillance program, but does not include warrant requirements that some have demanded.
At question: legislation added onto FISA to ban a central bank digital currency. Senate leadership has said that part of the bill is “dead on arrival.”
Follow the latest on Capitol Hill:
