By Alex Miller
Fox News
Published February 17, 2026 6:00am EST
周二，部分政府停摆进入第四天，参议院在国土安全部(DHS)资金协议的折中方案上取得了微小进展。
参议员民主党人和白宫本周能否在议员外出期间达成协议仍是未知数。
特朗普政府与参议院民主党人之间的谈判在周一大部分时间似乎陷入僵局，周末几乎没有进展。白宫在上周末中期向民主党人提出了一份反建议，民主党人立即拒绝了该建议，并反过来阻止了国土安全部的资金拨付。
[部分政府停摆持续，国土安全部资金谈判停滞]
参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人查克·舒默及其核心小组在国土安全部停摆进入第四天时并未让步。(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
但情况在周一晚间发生变化：参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默办公室宣布，参议院民主党人已在周一深夜向白宫提交了反建议。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩(R-S.D.)对舒默及其核心小组是否真的会回应持谨慎态度，但仍对谈判继续抱有希望。
“我们将看看他们是否真心想解决这个问题，或者是否只想就这些真正重要的机构玩弄政治游戏，”图恩告诉福克斯新闻数字台。
他还指出，去年国会停摆43天期间，参议院民主党人也曾放慢谈判进程， lawmakers 为此进行了同样的博弈。
“在我看来，民主党人将这些机构工作人员作为又一次有害政府停摆的人质是错误的，”图恩表示。
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特朗普政府希望继续对话，一位白宫官员向福克斯新闻数字台表示。
“特朗普政府仍然有兴趣与民主党人进行真诚的对话，”白宫官员说。
该官员指出，参议院民主党人拒绝延长国土安全部资金会影响该机构伞下的多个关键职能，包括运输安全管理局(TSA)、联邦紧急事务管理局(FEMA)、美国海岸警卫队和美国特勤局。
“特朗普总统一直很明确——他希望政府重新开放，”该官员表示。
周末生效的部分政府停摆源于舒默和参议院民主党人对移民和海关执法局(ICE)改革的要求。
[民主党人因移民风波破坏两党资金协议，政府停摆冲击国土安全部]
观察者拍摄联邦探员在明尼苏达州进行移民执法行动(2026年2月5日)。(Ryan Murphy/AP Photo)
ICE行动不太可能因国土安全部资金缺失而受到重大影响，因为特朗普总统支持的立法已为移民执法分配了数十亿美元。
双方仍在这些改革应走多远的问题上存在分歧。参议院共和党人表示愿意让步，但对某些要求划下了红线，例如要求ICE探员取得司法令状或禁止他们在执法行动中佩戴面部遮盖物。
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然而，参议院民主党人将他们的10项要求描述为简单明了的改革，旨在确保联邦移民探员遵守与管理地方和州警察类似的标准。
“我们不需要弄清楚太多，”马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦告诉福克斯新闻数字台。“要么你认为ICE探员很特别，可以在没有问责的情况下统治我们的街道，要么你认为ICE探员应该和其他人一样遵守规则——这就是民主党人所要求的全部。”
Alex Miller是福克斯新闻数字台报道美国参议院的记者。
Partial government shutdown enters 4th day as negotiations over Homeland Security funding remain deadlocked
By Alex Miller
Fox News
Published February 17, 2026 6:00am EST
The Senate inched closer to striking a compromise on a Homeland Security (DHS) funding deal as the partial government shutdown entered its fourth day Tuesday.
Whether Senate Democrats and the White House can reach a deal this week while lawmakers are out of town remains an open question.
Negotiations between the Trump administration and Senate Democrats were seemingly at an impasse through much of Monday after little activity over the weekend. The White House provided a counteroffer to Democrats’ list of demands midway through last week, which they summarily rejected and, in turn, blocked attempts to fund DHS.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus have not relented in their position as DHS entered its fourth day of being shut down.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
But that changed when Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, D-N.Y., office announced that Senate Democrats had sent their counterproposal to the White House late Monday night.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was wary of whether Schumer and his caucus would actually put forth a response, but remained hopeful that negotiations would continue.
“We’ll see if they are at all serious about actually getting a solution to this, or whether they just want to play political games with these really important agencies,” Thune told Fox News Digital.
He also noted that lawmakers went through the same exercise last year when Senate Democrats slow-walked negotiations during the 43-day shutdown.
“It’s wrong, in my view, for Democrats to use these folks as collateral in yet another harmful government shutdown,” Thune said.
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President Donald Trump speaks at a “Champion of Coal” event at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 11, 2026.(Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
The administration wants to keep the dialogue going, a White House official told Fox News Digital.
“The Trump administration remains interested in having good-faith conversations with Democrats,” the White House official said.
The official noted that Senate Democrats’ refusal to extend DHS funding is affecting several key functions under the agency’s umbrella, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Secret Service.
“President Trump has been clear — he wants the government open,” the official said.
The partial government shutdown, which went into effect over the weekend, stems from Schumer and Senate Democrats’ demands for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Observers film while federal agents conduct immigration enforcement operations on Feb. 5, 2026, in Minneapolis.(Ryan Murphy/AP Photo)
ICE operations are unlikely to be significantly affected by the lapse in DHS funding, as legislation backed by President Donald Trump allocates billions of dollars to immigration enforcement.
Both sides remain at odds over how far those changes should go. Senate Republicans have signaled willingness to cede some ground but have drawn a red line on certain demands, such as requiring ICE agents to obtain judicial warrants or prohibiting them from wearing face coverings during enforcement actions.
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Senate Democrats, however, describe their 10 demands as straightforward reforms designed to ensure federal immigration agents adhere to standards similar to those governing local and state police.
“There’s not much we need to figure out,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., told Fox News Digital. “Either you think ICE agents are special, and they get to own our streets with no accountability, or that ICE agents should follow the same rules as everyone else — that’s all Democrats are asking for.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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