Enough of House Speaker Mike Johnson's lies over the funding of TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard being the fault of the Democrats. In Speaker Johnson's presser today on the resignation of Joe Kent the top counterterrorism offical Johnson continued to deflect questions about the long lines at airports related to the funding impasse over TSA. The record is verifiable and CLEAR. Since the shutdown of Department of Homeland Security funding triggered by Democratic refusal to continue supporting ICE without reform or abolition, Senate Democrats have repeatedly attempted to fund critical DHS sub-agencies like TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard through standalone legislation. Each of these attempts have been blocked by Republicans. These efforts reflect a strategic carve-out approach: separating essential public safety and disaster response functions from the immigration enforcement apparatus they oppose.
Senator Patty Murray led one of the most comprehensive attempts, offering a bill by unanimous consent that would have funded TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, CISA, and other DHS components—while explicitly excluding ICE, CBP, and the Secretary’s office. Republicans blocked the measure. Senator Jacky Rosen followed with a narrower bill focused solely on TSA funding, which was also blocked, this time by Senator Bernie Moreno. Senate leadership statements from Schumer, Reed, and Murray indicate that Democrats have made multiple such offers, though exact counts are not publicly documented.
In the House, the record is less clear. Coverage centers on the Republican-led passage of a full DHS funding bill that included ICE and CBP—one that Senate Democrats rejected. There is no documented series of House Democratic carve-out bills for TSA, FEMA, or the Coast Guard alone.
Together, these actions show Senate Democrats actively pursuing partial funding strategies to protect frontline agencies, while House Democrats have focused more on blocking ICE-inclusive packages than advancing standalone alternatives.
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