Image: House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) testify before the House Rules Committee at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 21, 2026. | Francis Chung/POLITICO

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The House passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security Thursday by a narrow margin amid a Democratic uproar over President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda.

The 220-207 vote puts Congress on track to clear the last annual spending bills ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline, avoiding a partial government shutdown. The DHS measure funds the Coast Guard, ICE, CBP, FEMA, TSA and other agencies through the end of the current fiscal year on Sept. 30.

It was a victory for House GOP leaders, who overcame attendance issues and concerns about the overall size of the spending package within their ranks. The House has now passed nine of the 12 annual appropriations bills, with the remainder set for a vote later Thursday. Democrats demanded a standalone vote on the DHS funding bill so that their caucus could voice their objection to the Trump administration’s harsh enforcement tactics — a concern that has been amplified by recent ICE and CBP operations in Minnesota.

As recently as Tuesday morning, it was not clear that the two parties would be able to strike a compromise on funding DHS.

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