President Donald Trump wants Congress to nix a two-week recess and return to the Capitol to address the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown, his top spokesperson said Monday.
“The president is also encouraging Congress to come back to Washington to permanently fix this problem and to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security entirely,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
The Senate late last week approved a DHS spending measure that, at Democrats’ behest, excluded new monies for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. House GOP leaders rejected that measure, instead approving an eight-week DHS funding measure along party lines.
