Shutdown looms for FEMA, Coast Guard, TSA with stalemate over Homeland Security funds

By: Jennifer Shutt

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 1,079

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago


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WASHINGTON — Leaders from several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security testified before a U.S. House panel Wednesday about how a shutdown would affect the programs they oversee, though Democrats argued the hearing was a “show” that wasn’t going to get lawmakers any closer to agreement on constraints to federal immigration enforcement.

Congress has until Friday at midnight to pass a stopgap spending bill or reach bipartisan agreement on the department’s full-year funding bill, …

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