Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and majority leader, called Trump’s announcement of an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents a “short-term solution,” suggesting negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security were likely to continue. “Obviously we want to fund everything within” the department, he said.
What began as a budget stalemate in February has become the longest partial shutdown on record, which has frozen funds for the Department of Homeland Security for more than a month. If the shutdown continues after this weekend, it will be longer than any previous shutdown, partial or full.
