作者：泰德·巴雷特（Ted Barrett）、摩根·里默（Morgan Rimmer）、莎拉·费里斯（Sarah Ferris）、劳伦·福克斯（Lauren Fox）
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更新于2026年3月26日，美国东部时间晚上7:36
发布于2026年3月26日，美国东部时间下午4:28
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩（John Thune）周四在美国国会大厦与记者就国土安全部资金问题交谈后被拍到。
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美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）下令其新任命的国土安全部部长迅速向运输安全管理局（TSA）特工支付工资，以减少机场的长龙，此前国会山的部门拨款谈判破裂。
“我将签署一项命令，指示国土安全部部长马克韦恩·穆林（Markwayne Mullin）立即向我们的TSA特工支付工资，以应对这一紧急情况，并迅速制止机场的民主党混乱，”特朗普在其真实社交平台（Truth Social）上写道。
两党顶尖参议员曾猛烈推动达成协议，但总统周四晚间表示他正在下令支付工资，这表明谈判已陷入僵局。
目前尚不清楚政府打算用什么资金来支付特工工资，因为国土安全部的停摆仍在继续。
怀俄明州共和党参议员、多数党党鞭约翰·巴雷索（John Barrasso）周四晚间告诉记者，他刚刚结束与总统的通话。
共和党领导层在参议院会议厅就部门拨款问题公开投票数小时，允许参议员们紧急寻找协议。共和党领导人警告称，这一轮谈判是共和党人在近六周谈判停滞后向民主党提出的“最后通牒式”要求。
“我们已经开放投票五个小时，给了民主党人一个来到谈判桌的机会。但他们没有，现在时间到了，”巴雷索在谈判破裂时说道。
他补充道：“你们会看到，我们已经受够了那些拖延的民主党人，他们继续站在非法移民罪犯一边，而不是美国人民的安全和保障。”
夏威夷民主党参议员布莱恩·沙茨（Brian Schatz）驳斥了共和党人声称其政党未在谈判桌前的说法，但他不愿讨论分歧的实质内容。
“我只想说，我们一整天都在谈判。工作人员在会议厅、通过短信、面对面一直在交谈。所以说我们没有在谈判中是不正确的。可能只是一方或另一方失去了耐心，你知道这太糟糕了，但我们仍在谈判，”他说。
康涅狄格州民主党参议员克里斯·墨菲（Chris Murphy）表示，他希望共和党人不要“决定退出”资金谈判。
“我们一整天都在积极交谈，全天交换提议，并且正在进行积极的谈判。我希望他们不会单方面决定退出，但这是他们的决定。他们最终会听从更高权威的指示，”这位康涅狄格州民主党参议员说。
多名知情人士表示，至少有一些民主党人对最新的共和党反提议持积极态度——该提议将为国土安全部大部分部门提供资金，但不包括移民和海关执法局（ICE）的新资金用于执法和驱逐行动——但截至周四下午，他们正在寻求对措辞的澄清，包括如何确保海关和边境保护局（CBP）及国土安全部其他部门的资金不能用于此类行动。另一位消息人士称，该提议包括至少一些限制ICE的条款，如随身摄像头。
然而，多名参与谈判的消息人士也承认，情况可能会迅速恶化，特别是如果特朗普在最后一刻表示反对的话。
这场持续41天的国土安全部资金僵局已导致数千名TSA特工和其他国土安全部工作人员无法获得工资，造成全国范围内严重的旅行延误和大量航班取消。国会山的挫败感本周达到新高度，共和党领导人在周四晚上大力推动结束僵局，因为参议员们即将开始为期两周的复活节和逾越节休会。
然而，参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩表示，如果未达成协议，参议院“可能”会取消休会开始时间并留在华盛顿，甚至整个周末。
包括沙茨和参议员帕蒂·默里（Patty Murray）、克里斯·库恩斯（Chris Coons）和迪克·杜宾（Dick Durbin）在内的一群关键民主党人周四早些时候被发现在会议厅与共和党谈判代表凯蒂·布里特（Katie Britt）参议员秘密协商。尽管一些民主党人明确表示共和党最新提议对他们来说还不够，但另有多名民主党人告诉CNN，他们仍在研究该提议。
“民主党人面前有这份文本。但重要的是我们要努力达成并完成它，”图恩告诉记者。
图恩称，共和党人已经向民主党人提出了他所谓的“最后通牒式”最后提议。“民主党人现在拥有的，我认为是我们最后的提议。所以希望这能完成。”
即使参议院达成协议，众议院仍需通过参议院提出的任何协议，这可能会给特朗普和共和党领导人带来新的麻烦。
本周初，参议院共和党人预计有信心他们有一个新计划可以打破僵局。他们提议为国土安全部大部分部门提供资金，但对移民执法预算的一小部分做出让步，以讨好民主党人。他们计划随后以党派线投票通过其余ICE的资金法案。但该计划遭到参议院民主党人的抵制，他们继续要求对ICE的战术和做法进行更多修改。
密歇根州民主党参议员加里·彼得斯（Gary Peters）当天早些时候表示，他参与了“富有成效”的资金谈判，尽管他没有表示有实质性进展。
彼得斯称，谈判的目标是在民主党核心小组中获得广泛支持，而不仅仅是拉拢少数人通过。
“希望我们能获得广泛支持。这将是目标，”他说。
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美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）的安妮·格雷尔（Annie Grayer）、艾莉森·梅恩（Alison Main）、艾琳·格雷夫（Aileen Graef）和萨曼莎·沃尔登伯格（Samantha Waldenberg）对此报道有贡献。
Trump orders DHS chief to pay TSA agents as talks to end shutdown break down | CNN Politics
By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Sarah Ferris, Lauren Fox
Updated 39 min ago
Updated Mar 26, 2026, 7:36 PM ET
PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2026, 4:28 PM ET
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is seen after speaking with reporters about DHS funding, in the US Capitol on Thursday.
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President Donald Trump ordered his newly installed Department of Homeland Security chief to swiftly pay Transportation Security Administration agents in a bid to reduce long lines at airports, as talks to fund the department collapsed on Capitol Hill.
“I am going to sign an Order instructing the Secretary of Homeland Security, Markwayne Mullin, to immediately pay our TSA Agents in order to address this Emergency Situation, and to quickly stop the Democrat Chaos at the Airports,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
A bipartisan group of top senators had made a furious push to come to an agreement, but in a sign the talks had become mired in stalemate, the president said Thursday evening he was ordering the payment.
It is not immediately clear with what money the administration intends to pay the agents as the shutdown of the department continues.
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the majority whip, told reporters Thursday evening that he had just gotten off the phone with the president.
GOP leadership had held open a vote related to funding the department on the Senate floor for hours, allowing senators to scramble in search of an agreement. The current round of talks, GOP leaders had warned, was Republicans’ “last and final” offer for Democrats to make a deal after nearly six weeks of stalled negotiations.
“We’ve had the vote open for five hours to give the Democrats an opportunity to come to the table. They have not, and now time is up,” Barrasso said as the talks fell apart.
He added: “You’re going to see that we’ve had enough of the Democrats who have been delaying and continuing to stand by the side of illegal immigrant criminals, rather than the safety and the security of the American people.”
Hawaii Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz pushed back on the claim from Republicans that his party was not at the negotiating table, but he would not discuss substance of the disagreement.
“I will just say that we have been talking all day. Staff has been talking all day on the floor, via text, in person. So it’s just not true that we’re not in a negotiation. It may be that that one person or the other has lost patience, and you know that would be too bad, but we’re still talking,” he said.
Sen. Chris Murphy said he hopes that Republicans don’t “decide to walk away” from the funding negotiations.
“We’ve been actively talking all day, trading offers all day, and there’s an active negotiation going on. I hope they don’t unilaterally decide to walk away, but that’s their decision. They ultimately take orders from a higher power,” the Connecticut Democratic senator said.
At least some Democrats had been feeling positive about the latest GOP counteroffer – which would fund the vast majority of DHS but exclude new money for ICE enforcement and removal operations – but as of Thursday afternoon were seeking clarification on language, including how to ensure money for Customs and Border Protection and other parts of DHS can’t be used for such operations, according to multiple people familiar with the talks. Another source said the offer included at least some provisions to rein in ICE, such as body-worn cameras.
Multiple sources involved in the talks, however, also acknowledged that things could go south quickly, especially if Trump were to weigh in unfavorably at the last minute.
At stake is a 41-day standoff over funding for DHS that has withheld pay for thousands of TSA agents and other DHS workers, causing major travel delays and scores of missed flights nationwide. Frustration on Capitol Hill hit new levels this week and GOP leaders pushed hard to end the impasse by Thursday night, given that senators have an upcoming two-week Easter and Passover recess.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, however, said the Senate would “probably” cancel the start of its recess and remain in Washington, even through the weekend, if no deal is reached.
A group of key Democrats, including Schatz and Sens. Patty Murray, Chris Coons and Dick Durbin, were seen huddled on the floor earlier in the day Thursday with the Republican negotiator on the issue, Sen. Katie Britt. And while some Democrats made clear that the GOP’s latest offer wasn’t enough for them, multiple others told CNN they are still going through it.
“The Dems have the text in front of them. But it’s important that we try and close this down and get it done today,” Thune told reporters.
Republicans, Thune said, had made what he called their “last and final” offer to Democrats. “The Dems are now in possession of what I think is our last and final. So let’s hope this gets it done,” he said.
Even if the Senate reached an agreement, the House would still need to pass any deal that emerges from the Senate, which could result in its own headache for Trump and GOP leaders.
At the start of the week, Senate Republicans projected confidence that they had a new plan that would end the stalemate. They proposed funding DHS except for a small portion of the immigration enforcement budget, in a concession to Democrats. And they planned to try to pass a party-line bill to fund the rest of ICE later. But the plan ran into resistance from Senate Democrats, who continued to demand more changes to ICE tactics and practices.
Michigan Democratic Sen. Gary Peters said earlier in the day that he’d been involved in “productive” funding talks, even as he stopped short of saying there had been meaningful movement.
The goal of the talks, Peters said, would be to get widespread support in the Democratic caucus, not just peel off a handful to get it passed.
“Hopefully we’d get widespread support. That would be the goal,” he said.
This story has been updated with additional developments.
CNN’s Annie Grayer, Alison Main, Aileen Graef and Samantha Waldenberg contributed to this report.