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Once again, a Senate vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) failed to pass.
The Senate voted 47-37 on Friday to fund DHS.
60 votes are required to pass the measure.
“Senate for a 5th time blocked Homeland Security Department funding legislation to reopen DHS partially shutdown for 35 days. 60 votes are needed. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote Yes 16 Senators missed the vote that was held open for over two hours,” CSPAN Capitol Hill producer Craig Caplan said.
“16 Senators missed today’s DHS funding vote: 7 Republicans: Britt, Daines, Fischer, Paul, Sheehy, Tuberville, and Wicker. 9 Democrats: Coons, Gallego, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Schiff, Shaheen, Smith and Whitehouse,” he added.
16 Senators missed today’s DHS funding vote:
7 Republicans: Britt, Daines, Fischer, Paul, Sheehy, Tuberville, and Wicker.
9 Democrats: Coons, Gallego, Kaine, Kelly, Klobuchar, Schiff, Shaheen, Smith and Whitehouse— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) March 20, 2026
POLITICO shared further:
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is already warning to expect the Senate to cancel its two–week recess, which would start at the end of next week, absent a DHS deal.
The vote comes a day after border czar Tom Homan met with a bipartisan group of senators, including a handful of Senate Democrats who helped negotiate the end of last year’s historic shutdown.
Republicans expect the White House will soon send its latest offer to Democrats for immigration enforcement changes. Democrats have vowed to oppose more DHS funding until there is an agreement in the wake of federal agents killing two people in Minneapolis earlier this year.
“They’ve just got to figure out if there’s … deal space in there, and I think we’ll find out soon,” Thune said Friday ahead of the vote.
Republicans are hoping they could peel off support from some of the Democrats who met with Homan, or help encourage rank-and-file Democrats to pressure their leadership to cut an agreement. But a person with knowledge of the meeting, granted anonymity to speak candidly, said that while it represented progress, it wouldn’t be enough to enable Republicans to peel off one or two Democrats at a time.
The DHS shutdown has forced Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers to work without pay, causing travel chaos at several U.S. airports.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned the shutdown could force smaller airports to shutter operations.
“They’re about to miss another payment. This is gonna look like child’s play, what’s happening right now,” Duffy said.
Could These Smaller Airports Potentially Shutter If DHS Shutdown Continues?
CBS News has more:
Another meeting with Homan was expected later Friday, according to Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
“This can’t continue,” the South Dakota Republican told reporters, adding that both sides “have now had an opportunity to kind of sharpen their pencils.”
“I think we’re going to know today whether we’re actually serious about it,” Thune said.
Earlier this week, Senate Democrats sent the White House their latest counteroffer. In a letter Tuesday to Republican senators involved in funding discussions, the White House said it had made several proposals to Democrats in its previous counteroffer. The offer included expanded use of body cameras, limiting civil immigration enforcement activities at schools and hospitals and requiring officers to wear visible identification. But Democrats have dismissed the offer, saying the White House has refused to budge on masks and warrants.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Friday that negotiations on immigration enforcement “still have a way to go,” citing “deep disagreements.”