House GOP leadership doesn’t ‘trust’ Senate colleagues in DHS shutdown: Sarah Bedford

Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said there is a lack of trust among Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate over how to end the partial government shutdown.

Democrats have accused House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of having “caved” to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) in the fight to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Johnson is scrapping a 60-day stopgap bill that included more funding for immigration agencies and instead is attempting to pass a bipartisan Senate deal that excludes immigration funding.

Bedford said the Senate passed a bill that funded almost all of DHS, excluding funding for immigration enforcement operations, through the end of the fiscal year. She emphasized that this is “controversial” for Democrats since they want to see “a bunch of reforms” to immigration enforcement.

“But House leadership under Johnson said, ‘We don’t really trust you guys, our Senate colleagues, to follow through on any sort