The aftermath of Pretti’s death upended expectations that the largely bipartisan funding package would quickly pass ahead of the rapidly approaching government funding deadline at the end of the month. Schumer wrote in a Saturday X post, sent hours after Pretti’s shooting, that he “will vote no” and “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed” on the funding package “if the DHS funding bill is included.” In the same post, he called the DHS bill “woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses of ICE.” If the DHS bill were separated from the package, the upper chamber would approve the remaining five funding bills on a scheduled Thursday vote and implement a short term continuing resolution for the DHS bill to allow for extra time to negotiate their reform demands.
Author: Andi Shae Napier
Published at: 2026-01-28 23:11:55
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