Thune under pressure to end two-week vacation amid record-long DHS shutdown

Published March 30, 2026 5:55pm ET



Lawmakers have left Washington during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, leaving the Department of Homeland Security unfunded as pressure mounts on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to bring senators back.

With both the Senate and the House on a two-week recess to observe Passover and Easter, the partial government shutdown has become the longest in history, dragging on for more than 40 days.

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