WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats trying to end the monthlong Department of Homeland Security shutdown huddled with White House border czar Tom Homan in the Capitol on Thursday.
The in-person talks come as Senate Majority Leader John Thune threatened to nix the upcoming two-week Easter recess unless negotiators can strike a deal.
Since DHS funding lapsed on Feb. 14, lawmakers have shown little interest in ending the partisan standoff. But with recent suspected terrorist attacks across the country, thousands of federal employees working without pay and major disruptions at some airports as Transportation Security Administration agents miss paychecks, urgency now appears to be growing on Capitol Hill.
“We’ve been encouraging this for a while, and glad to see both sides sitting down and having Homan up here,” Thune, R-S.D., told reporters Thursday.
“Being a part of that is, I think, a pretty big deal, and a recognition that we need to get this
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