FACT CHECK, after Democrats voted NO to fund DHS 5 times, and refusing to negotiate for 35 straight days..
on March 24, 2026.
Chuck Schumer gave Katie Britt a list of demands.
Then Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama stood outside the White House and told reporters she had a solution. She had just come from a two-hour meeting with President Trump. Who had agreed to the terms and she was bringing it back to Chuck Schumer to finalize the deal.
When asked by reporters- Do you have an agreement, she said
“We do,”, when asked if they had an answer from Chuck Schumer she said. “I am going to be working through the night, so hopefully we can figure out how to land this plane.”
By the next morning, Chuck had rescinded his offer saying he changed his mind.
By Wednesday afternoon, Britt was back at the Capitol telling reporters there were “deals on the table” and that “we look forward to hopefully finding a way to move forward.”
In response the President said.
“Because they don’t want to settle,”-“They want chaos.”
Underscoring the deadlock after that day, the Senate voted for a sixth time to advance a package to fund all of DHS. Every Democrat except John
U.S. Senator John Fetterman VOTED NO.
Republicans, for their part, say Democrats are unwilling to take yes for an answer — even after they proposed leaving out ICE enforcement funding.
“I don’t know how they will ever satisfy their crazy online political base,” Thune told reporters, “because that’s what this is about.”