Senate Republicans strike down Schumer’s ‘convoluted’ effort to fund TSA

Published March 21, 2026 7:45pm ET



Senate Republicans voted against a last-ditch effort from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to fund the Transportation Security Administration, as a shutdown fight over Department of Homeland Security funding barrels on.

Schumer introduced a bill to solely fund TSA, suspending Senate rules and advancing it through the Rules Committee, which doesn’t handle appropriations legislation. Needing 60 votes to pass, it failed along party lines, 41 to 49, with six Democrats and four Republicans not voting.

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