The Senate is delaying plans to mark up an annual funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security so lawmakers have time to explore whether Secret Service funding issues played into the security lapses surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
The Senate Appropriations Committee pulled the DHS bill from a markup scheduled for Thursday, when the panel will review four other pending appropriations measures for fiscal 2025.
The Homeland Security bill is always one of the toughest to negotiate, with border security spending driving a wedge between Democrats and Republicans. Funding questions for the Secret Service, which ...