{"id":198228,"date":"2026-01-26T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-democrats-plot-strategy-as-dhs-standoff-deepens-heading-into-shutdown-week-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T14:15:58","slug":"senate-democrats-plot-strategy-as-dhs-standoff-deepens-heading-into-shutdown-week-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/senate-democrats-plot-strategy-as-dhs-standoff-deepens-heading-into-shutdown-week-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON \u2014 Senate Democrats held a conference call Sunday to discuss their strategy after they made it clear they will block a Department of Homeland Security funding bill<\/a> if it does not include changes to impose conditions on immigration enforcement operations.
The Senate is heading into a critical week with a Friday deadline to fund the government or face a partial shutdown.
The package doesn\u2019t have the 60 votes it needs. Without them, much of the federal government could shut down at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
Two sources on the call told NBC News that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told the caucus the message had to be to \u201crestrain, reform and restrict ICE.\u201d
According to one of the sources, Schumer told them that the vote won\u2019t come until Thursday and that he discussed the Democratic caucus\u2019 unity in opposition to funding DHS without reforms. He said the five other funding bills apart from the DHS measure are acceptable.
\u201cBasically DHS is the problem and needs to be stripped out,\u201d the source summed up Schumer as saying.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., pushed the caucus to come up with a demand for DHS reforms, two sources with knowledge of his comments said.
Republicans could limit the scope of a shutdown by voting on the non-DHS measures separately and passing them.
Despite that, a Senate Republican leadership aide told NBC News they\u2019re still planning to vote on the package as one.
\u201cGovernment funding expires at the end of the week, and Republicans are determined to not have another government shutdown,” the aide said. “We will move forward as planned and hope Democrats can find a path forward to join us.\u201d
According to a Senate Democratic leadership aide, Republicans and the White House have reached out to them but \u201chave not yet raised any realistic solutions.\u201d
Further complicating matters, the House is on recess all week, so anything that revises that package and requires it to vote again is also questionable by the deadline. There\u2019s also the snowstorm, which has postponed the Senate\u2019s return from Monday to Tuesday.
Schumer said in a statement issued earlier Sunday<\/a>: \u201cSenate Democrats will not allow the current DHS funding bill to move forward. … The appalling murders of Renee Good<\/a> and Alex Pretti <\/a>on the streets of Minneapolis must lead Republicans to join Democrats in overhauling ICE and CBP to protect the public.\u201d
Schumer added: \u201cSenate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill.\u201d
Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
Frank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate.
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