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The Daily Punch

Senate passes DHS funding — without ICE and CBP

The Daily Punch

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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After 41 days, the Senate voted early Friday morning to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, excluding ICE and CBP, ending the bitter impasse. So, what now? Anna and Jake break it all down. Plus, how Rep. Diana DeGette could get knocked off the ballot in Colorado’s 1st District.  Watch this episode on YouTube here! Punchbowl News is on YouTube⁠. ⁠Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our channel today to see all the new ways⁠⁠ ⁠we’re investing in video.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want more in-depth daily coverage from Congress?⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to our free Punchbowl News AM newsletter at punchbowl.news.⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. I'm Anna Palmer.

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And I'm Jake Sherman.

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And welcome to The Daily Punch, brought to you by Punchable News.

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It's Friday, March 27th, 2026. Thanks for sticking with us. Let's get to the mix. Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one, finally, the Senate passes DHS funding, what happened, what it means for Democrats and Republicans, and what's next. Number two, drama in Colorado, Diane DeGette might not make it on the ballot.

1:12.1

And number three, Republicans on the campaign trail. How Mike Rogers is talking about gas prices in Michigan.

1:17.4

All right, Jake, let's get into it. Wow, it has been a long week and the Senate was up late, passing DHS funding finally after weeks of a stalemate of Democrats and Republicans

1:31.0

fighting back and forth over what the future of DHS should look like.

1:36.2

This was happening in the cover of night, but they finally got it across the finish line.

1:42.2

Both sides basically not getting anything, you know, Democrats didn't get all the

1:46.3

things they wanted.

1:47.4

By any stretch, Republicans ended up caving in a strategy that they originally said they

1:51.5

weren't going to be four, but they approved the funding by voice vote at 3 a.m.

1:57.1

This funding excludes ICE and CBP, but it ends the bitter impasse yeah a lot to talk about here so

2:03.9

they approved this by voice in the middle of the night as you said this was basically funding

2:09.9

dhs minus ice and CBP which democrats have been asking for for weeks now democrats also engaged

2:16.1

in negotiations where they were they were asking for a ton of

2:18.6

other stuff, but this is it. This is what this is what Democrats were asking for. And Democrats did not

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