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Senate fails to advance DHS funding bill for 5th time, with no deal in sight

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Caitlin Yilek
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Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a member of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.
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Washington — The Senate on Friday again failed to move forward with legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security, extending the shutdown that has snarled air travel around the country. 

In a 47 to 37 vote, the legislation failed to reach the 60-vote threshold it needed to advance. Sixteen senators did not vote. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania voted with Republicans.

Friday's vote marks the fifth time since Feb. 12 that the Senate has attempted to advance a House-passed bill that would fund the department through September. DHS has been shut down since Feb. 14. Democrats are insisting on reforms to immigration enforcement practices to fully reopen the department.

A bipartisan group of senators met with border czar Tom Homan on Thursday, in what Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama said was the first time both sides have met in six weeks. Leaving the meeting, Britt said "today was not negotiation, it was conversation." 

Homan met with the group again Friday, though Democrats left the meeting after less than an hour. Still, Republican Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota said he thought it was "very congenial" and "another step forward." 

Earlier in the day, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that the meeting would shed light on whether a breakthrough is possible. 

"This can't continue," the South Dakota Republican said, adding that both sides "have now had an opportunity to kind of sharpen their pencils." 

"I think we're going to know today whether we're actually serious about it," Thune said.  

Earlier this week, Senate Democrats sent the White House their latest counteroffer. In a letter Tuesday to Republican senators involved in funding discussions, the White House said it had made several proposals to Democrats in its previous counteroffer. The offer included expanded use of body cameras, limiting civil immigration enforcement activities at schools and hospitals and requiring officers to wear visible identification. But Democrats have dismissed the offer, saying the White House has refused to budge on masks and warrants. 

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said after Friday's meeting that the White House "has added to its offer," calling it a "very fair, reasonable offer." Collins declined to share specifics. 

Asked whether the group would meet again Saturday, Hoeven said it depends on what Democrats "come back with." Collins said the next step is for Democrats to make a new counteroffer. 

"I would be hopeful that our Democratic colleagues would come back with an offer that shows that they're looking to find a pathway forward," Britt told reporters. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said earlier Friday that negotiations on immigration enforcement "still have a way to go," citing "deep disagreements." 

The effects of the shutdown have been most apparent at airports across the U.S. Travelers are facing long lines, with unpaid Transportation Security Administration officers calling off work or quitting altogether. One TSA official warned this week that some airports might need to be shut down if the situation is not resolved soon.

Republicans have blocked Democrats' repeated attempts to pass funding for other agencies under the DHS umbrella, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. Meanwhile, Democrats have shut down efforts by Republicans to approve temporary funding for all of DHS.

Schumer said that lawmakers would have another chance to fund TSA on Saturday, when a procedural vote on legislation funding the individual agency is expected. 

"The chaos at TSA is reaching a boiling point. We need to reopen it as quickly as possible," Schumer said in a floor speech Friday. 

Alan He and Caitlin Huey-Burns contributed to this report.

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