Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (53-47, 3/5 majority required)
53 Yea47 Nay0 Not voting3/5 required
HR-7147-119
Became Public Law No: 119-86.
Sponsored by Tom Cole (R-OK)
What it does
This bill would provide temporary FY2026 funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its components while a full-year appropriations bill is pending. It would fund DHS management offices, border and immigration enforcement agencies (CBP, ICE, TSA, Coast Guard, Secret Service), cybersecurity and emergency management agencies (CISA, FEMA), and training and research components (USCIS, FLETC, Science and Technology Directorate). It would also set conditions and restrictions on how those funds may be used.
Who benefits
DHS employees and contractors who would continue to receive pay and operational funding. Travelers and the public who rely on TSA airport screening and Coast Guard maritime operations. Communities that depend on FEMA disaster response and preparedness funding. Businesses and critical infrastructure operators protected by CISA cybersecurity programs. Immigrants in the legal naturalization process served by USCIS. Law enforcement training programs funded through FLETC.
Who is hurt
Taxpayers who bear the cost of continued spending at prior-year levels rather than a negotiated, updated budget. Agencies and programs that may need increased funding but are held to existing spending caps under a continuing resolution. Congress members and stakeholders who prefer a full-year appropriations bill with updated priorities. State and local governments that rely on DHS grants, which may be restricted or delayed under a continuing resolution framework.
Supporters argue
Supporters argue that a continuing resolution is a necessary stopgap to prevent a government shutdown and maintain uninterrupted operations of critical national security functions — including border security, disaster response, and cybersecurity defense. They contend that allowing DHS to go unfunded, even temporarily, would disrupt active law enforcement operations, delay FEMA disaster assistance to affected communities, and leave TSA checkpoints and Coast Guard missions understaffed.
Opponents argue
Opponents argue that continuing resolutions perpetuate outdated spending levels and prevent Congress from exercising its core appropriations power to set updated, deliberate funding priorities. They contend that relying on a series of short-term CRs rather than passing a full-year budget undermines fiscal discipline, locks in prior-year inefficiencies across DHS programs, and signals a failure of the regular appropriations process that the Constitution assigns to Congress.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (53-47, 3/5 majority required)
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (54-46, 3/5 majority required)
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (47-37, 3/5 majority required)
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (51-46, 3/5 majority required)
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (51-45, 3/5 majority required)
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (50-45, 3/5 majority required)
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required)
Passed