DHS Fight Threatens Senate Recess and Travel, Thune Says (2)

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) dismissed Democrats’ proposals for a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security as “totally unrealistic,” and said lawmakers should think twice about upcoming international trips.

Thune told reporters the threat of a shutdown of DHS next weekend is raising a “serious question” about whether any members should attend the Munich Security Conference that starts Feb. 13, the day DHS funds run out. Thune may cancel the chamber’s recess, scheduled for the week of Feb. 16, if DHS’s funding runs out, his spokesperson said.

“If we get to the end of the next week, ...