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00:02Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson
00:05backed a two-track plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security, according to CNBC.
00:09The plan combines an appropriations bill with a budget reconciliation measure
00:13for immigration enforcement agencies.
00:15The plan revives a Senate bill funding most of DHS,
00:18while delaying funding for immigration and customs enforcement
00:20and parts of Customs and Border Protection.
00:22DHS has been shut down since February after Democrats refused funding without policy changes.
00:27Johnson passed a stopgap funding measure through May 22 that extended the shutdown
00:31and worsened TSA staffing shortages, increasing pressure on lawmakers ahead of holiday travel.
00:36Trump said funds from a prior spending package would pay TSA workers.
00:40Republican leaders said the approach aims to fully reopen DHS
00:43and fund immigration enforcement for three years.
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