Democrats worry centrists will undercut them on DHS shutdown amid TSA meltdown

Senate Democrats insisting on major reforms to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations in exchange for ending the 40-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are worried they may be undercut by centrists looking for a way to end the stalemate.

Almost every Senate Democrat voted again Wednesday to block a House-passed bill to fund the DHS through September to give their leadership more time to pursue additional concessions from the White House.

Centrist Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has repeatedly broken with his party on shutdown votes and other issues, was the only Democrat to vote to advance the proposal.