In a quick Senate session today, Majority Leader John Thune sent the DHS funding bill back to the House. Will House vote today to end the shutdown?

Carpe diem. If you’ve wondered why all of Washington buzzed so much this week about "pro forma" sessions in the House and Senate, here’s your chance to find out why. Come on now. Tempus fugit. There’s ...

A brief pro forma Senate session Monday ended without any attempt to advance a House-passed Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which Democrats had pledged to oppose. Republican leaders said ...

While thousands of Department of Homeland Security employees have gone seven weeks without a paycheck, some lawmakers are defending a planned recess as the funding stalemate drags on. Sen. Chris Coons ...

So Congress is now deep into week two of a 16-17 day recess for Easter and Passover. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown is approaching two months. There’s no obvious path to end the impasse.

The Senate on Thursday advanced a proposal to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security — including the TSA — though the House declined to take up the measure later that morning. DHS has been ...