Three House Democrats buck Jeffries and back Johnson’s 60-day DHS funding patch

Three House Democrats broke with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Friday, handing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) a key win on a short-term plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security amid a weeks-long shutdown fight over immigration enforcement.

Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) voted with 209 House Republicans and independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (CA) for a 60-day funding patch that would fully reopen DHS, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, which Democrats have sought to restrict.

The vote shifts pressure back to the Senate, which left Washington for a two-week recess after passing a bipartisan funding deal that excludes ICE and Border Patrol.

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