We asked every lawmaker in Congress what they're doing to end the DHS shutdown

Early this week, Senate Republicans and the president appeared to beryllium edging person to a model to ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, which is present successful its 2nd period — but a breakthrough has remained retired of reach.

CBS News contacted each 532 House and Senate offices (there are 3 House vacancies) astir the DHS backing impasse and asked what lawmakers are doing to extremity the shutdown.

How would they reconstruct DHS funding? What's their connection to Americans waiting successful hourslong airdrome information lines? And what bash they person to accidental to unpaid TSA workers who are astir to miss their 2nd afloat paycheck Friday?

Senate: Partisan blasted game

Twenty Senate offices responded substantively to CBS News's inquiries. 

Republicans blamed Democrats for blocking efforts to afloat money DHS. The House of Representatives has doubly passed specified a measure with a fistful of Democrats signing on, but successful the Senate, Democrats person held up the measure implicit demands for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement reforms aft the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by national agents successful January. 

"It makes maine angry. The Department of Homeland Security has present been unopen down for implicit a month. And it's important to recognize that it's Senate Democrats doing this," said Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi. 

Some Democratic lawmakers person pushed to abstracted retired ICE and CBP backing and ballot to unfastened the remainder of the department. On Tuesday, Senate Republican leaders floated a mentation of that idea, proposing to money each constituent of DHS but for ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations unit, which is flush with currency successful spite of the shutdown due to the fact that of backing that was separately passed by Congress past summer.

GOP Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas criticized the thought of isolating ICE backing this week. "Breaking that isolated oregon selectively defunding components is dangerous, which is wherefore I've been warring each time connected the Senate level and exploring each avenue to afloat money the agency."

Several lawmakers expressed gratitude for the unpaid TSA workers. 

"Americans should not beryllium waiting successful enactment for hours astatine the airdrome and each of our DHS workers should beryllium paid, which is wherefore we proceed moving to find a way forward. We genuinely admit our TSA agents and are moving to get them paid," said Kami Capener, a spokesperson for GOP Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota. 

Almost each Democrat who responded blamed Republicans for refusing to reopen astir of DHS portion continuing to negociate connected migration enforcement funding. ICE has already received tens of billions successful backing separately done the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed past year.

"I'm with the American radical successful demanding accountability to rein successful ICE and CBP's lawlessness — thing abbreviated of that is simply a nonstarter for me," said Sen. Alex Padilla of California.

Democrats are seeking ICE argumentation changes similar requiring agents to usage body-worn cameras, banning the usage of masks during enforcement operations and obtaining judicial warrants successful definite cases.

Sen. Martin Heinrich of borderline authorities New Mexico told CBS News, "I volition not enactment backing ICE without a restoration to the regularisation of law."

Some Democrats took shots astatine President Trump who has antecedently said helium would not motion immoderate measure until Congress passes his predetermination bill, the SAVE America Act, which includes elector ID requirements, impervious of citizenship for elector registration and restrictions connected transgender rights.

"Our national workers merit their paychecks. Travelers merit functioning airports. And astir importantly, Americans should not beryllium pawns successful the president's governmental games," Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado said. 

CBS News interviewed immoderate members successful person, portion different lawmakers were reached by telephone and email. 

"Republicans could extremity this farce immoderate clip by joining Democrats to money TSA and wage these dedicated national workers," said Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon. 

House: "It's the Senate's turn"

More than 60 House members responded substantively to CBS's questions. 

Several Republicans suggested determination was small they could bash since it is up to the Senate to act. 

"Now it's the Senate's turn, and Democrats request to halt stalling and get the measure to the President's desk," said Florida Republican Rep. Mike Haridolopos, who voted for the House measure to afloat money DHS. "Thirty-nine days in, the results are obvious: hourslong lines, missed flights, families stranded. And for what? Political leverage?"

"Republicans power the House, the Senate, and the White House, and they are choosing chaos astatine our airports implicit a commonsense solution," said Rep. Laura Friedman, a Democrat from California, and a co-sponsor of a measure that would wage TSA workers portion migration enforcement negotiations continue. 

GOP Rep. Nick LaLota of New York visited TSA employees astatine LaGuardia Airport successful New York Tuesday, helium told CBS News on "The Takeout." He said the section should beryllium funded astatine its pre-shutdown level if lawmakers cannot scope a deal. 

"We should wage our TSA agents," LaLota said. "I'm flexible…I tin motion connected to a woody that doesn't get 100% of what I want."

Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican, signaled a akin flexibility: "I'm consenting to enactment immoderate compromise the Senate reaches to unafraid 60 votes." The House volition apt person to ballot again connected immoderate measure passes the Senate.

"Republicans successful the House of Representatives person done our job, twice," GOP Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas told CBS. 

Rep. Kevin Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, is the writer of the authorities to afloat money the Department of Homeland Security. In a connection to CBS News, his spokesperson said, "Of people helium is doing everything helium tin to get DHS funded," arsenic the backing lapse enters its 40th day. 

Though the authorities is held up successful the Senate, House members continued to constituent fingers crossed the aisle.

"I americium imploring my Republican colleagues to articulation Democrats successful passing authorities to wage TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA, and Secret Service portion Congress works to unafraid indispensable ICE reforms," Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin told CBS News. "Senate Democrats person enactment guardant galore resolutions to walk TSA backing that Republicans person blocked." 

"Democrats person fought tirelessly to afloat money agencies similar TSA portion we propulsion for an overhaul of Trump's brutal ICE policies that person gotten 3 Americans killed successful the streets," Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida told CBS News.

Several House members noted the lasting interaction the DHS shutdown volition person connected nationalist servants. 

"I cognize precisely who pays the terms for a shutdown. It's not members of Congress. It's TSA agents, aerial postulation controllers, Coast Guard servicemembers, and FEMA personnel," GOP Rep.  Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa said. 

"Disagree connected argumentation each you want, but you can't unit the radical who support this state harmless to wage the price," she said. "It's clip to extremity the games and money DHS."