GOP leaders declare path to end DHS shutdown — but enormous hurdles remain | CNN Politics

Days after a messy intra-party blowup, President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are projecting unity on a plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security amid the longest-ever partial government shutdown. But it’s not yet clear how long it will take to restore funding since the plan is nowhere near close to landing on Trump’s desk. While the Senate plans to take its initial step as soon as Thursday morning, the House hasn’t yet said when it will make its moves — and multiple House GOP sources told CNN that is highly unlikely to happen in the next few days, with many Republicans still eager for clear assurances that the remaining immigration funding will be delivered and still wary of the precedent of letting Democrats successfully defund parts of an agency they dislike. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker Mike Johnson issued a statement on Wednesday declaring an ambitious two-track plan to end the DHS shutdown and pursue a second Trump megabill, after the passage last summer of the president’s tax and border-focused “One Big Beautiful Bill.” That joint statement, however, does not address a major remaining hurdle — when exactly the House will be willing t