House conservatives skeptical as Senate deal sacrificing DHS spending reached: 'Non-starter'

House conservatives are expressing skepticism after Senate Democrats and the White House announced a deal had been reached to fund the government without a long-term DHS funding bill.

The U.S. Capitol (Emma Woodhead/Fox News Digital)

"The separation of the five bipartisan bills the Democrats asked for, plus the two-week DHS [continuing resolution] has been agreed to," Schumer said in a statement. 

In response, one House conservative remarked to Fox News Digital, "We’re still looking at what is being discussed in the deal, but 14 days is awfully short."

"We sure think we should be getting something out of this deal when it’s Democrats who are threatening a shutdown, not Republicans," the House member said.

Not all House Republicans were against the compromise. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., reacted on X, "I stand with @POTUS, a shutdown will only hurt the American people. I will vote YES on this package should it make it through the Senate!" 

In a Truth Social post on Thursday evening, Trump urged the GOP to agree to the deal, saying, "Hopefully, both Republicans and Democrats will give a very much-needed bipartisan ‘YES’ Vote."

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., has yet to weigh in on the deal. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Tensions have been boiling over in the House over the prospect of the Senate's compromise on DHS.

Caucus member Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., told Fox News Digital via text message on Thursday, "THE HOUSE DID OUR JOB BY PASSING THE REMAINING SIX APPROPRIATION BILLS TO THE SENATE AND THERE IS NO RATIONAL REASON TO REMOVE DHS FROM THE APPROVAL PROCESS."

Norman accused Democrats of trying to "demonize" and "bludgeon" DHS, adding, "IF THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO SHUT THE GOVERNMENT DOWN, ‘DO IT’!!"

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Meanwhile, Mark Bednar, a GOP strategist and former spokesperson for then Speaker Kevin McCarthy, told Fox News Digital, "President Trump wants to ensure that our troops, air traffic controllers and DHS patriots are on the job and get paid, and this path will help ensure they do that.

"It's now on Democrats to negotiate in good faith with President Trump so that the homeland is secured with a long-term funding bill — because that's what the American people want and deserve."

Fox News Digital's Alex Miller contributed to this report.

Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.

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