The plan called for the House to move the Senate-approved measure that funds most of DHS now, excluding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and then use budget reconciliation to fund those enforcement agencies over the coming weeks or months, according to a joint statement from Johnson and Thune posted on X Wednesday.

looks like the same deal that the senate passed earlier, but the house rejected.

The two-track approach signaled a potential path to reopen most DHS operations quickly while postponing the most contentious funding questions for ICE and Border Patrol.

which means no funding for ice and border patrol yet.

Johnson had rebuked that measure Friday as “a joke,” even as Thune argued it would “get at least a lot of the government opened up again,” the Associated Press reported.

too bad mike old long johnson

Republican leaders said they would attempt to pass the Senate’s DHS measure in the House to reopen the department, then move a reconciliation package to fund ICE and Border Patrol for the next three years. The Senate departed for recess after its pre-dawn action, and it was not immediately clear when bicameral coordination would resume, the AP reported.

so we’re kicking the can down the road, and they want to use the same tricks as last year to pass a budget reconciliation bill to fund ice and border patrol for three years. hopefully democrats’ backbone sticks around for phase 2.