JOHN YANG: Welcome to the "News Hour."

It has been a dizzying and dramatic# 24 hours in the halls of Congress.## Early this morning, the Senate unanimously# passed a plan to immediately end the## shutdown for most of the Department of# Homeland Security.

But, within hours,## House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected it because it# didn't include money for ICE and Border Patrol.

Now House Republicans are pursuing a different# approach and risking a longer shutdown.## Meanwhile, President Trump took executive action# to pay one group, TSA workers at airports.

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins# is here to help us understand all this,## if we can't understand it.

LISA DESJARDINS: Right.

JOHN YANG: TSA workers are really the o.. that have been focused on a lot.# So what happens to them in this?

LISA DESJARDINS: Let's start with them.

They haven't been paid yet, but, as.. He would use money that was passed last year from# -- borrow it from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.## The TSA tells us that they expect# those workers to be paid by Monday.

Now, of course, all this speaks to those long# lines that Americans have been seeing at some## airports.

We do know there's a permanent effect.# Some 500 TSA workers have quit the job altogether## so far.

One of our senior producers spoke to TSA# union operative -- officer named Johnny Jones.

He said that they are appreciative, but no# one's counting on this money until it actually## appears in their bank accounts.

In addition,# Jones told our producer Murrey Jacobson that## they were stunned to realize that President# Trump could have done this.

This is the same## kind of money he's used to already pay# military members of the Coast Guard.

And one more thing, Jones said they are all tired# of being used as what they feel is as pawns.

JOHN YANG: You know, we started the# day thinking this had been settled,## that there was a deal.

What happened?

LISA DESJARDINS: OK.

Let me take you through# this; 2:30 in the morning this morning,## a rainbow suddenly appeared over the# United States Senate, as it happens.

Behind-the-scenes work had led to this deal,# and the Senate unanimously agreed on this deal## that would fund most of DHS, three-quarters# of it, everything but ICE and Border Patrol.

And, at that time, the funding formula that they# passed was exactly what Democrats wanted, but## Democrats did not get any of# the reforms that they wanted,## which is something that# Senate Leader Thune stressed.

SEN.

JOHN THUNE (R-SD):## The reason that we're standing here right now# passing a funding bill with a list of reforms,## if Democrats had made the smallest effort to# actually reach an agreement.

But they didn't,## because it's now clear to everyone# Democrats didn't actually want a solution.## They wanted an issue.

LISA DESJARDINS: Well, that's what he said.

The# .. altogether, convinced everything was fine.# The House comes in and, surprisingly to a lot## of people, rejected the deal, surprisingly# to the House, to the senators themselves.

In fact, for House Speaker Mike Johnson, it wasn't# a rainbow.

It was a mirage.

He called it a joke.

REP.

MIKE JOHNSON (R-LA): The# reason that we can't accept## this ridiculousness, OK, is because# we're not going to risk not funding## the agencies that keep the American people# safe.

The Department of Homeland Security is## the third largest department in the federal# government.

It has 10 agencies beneath it.

It's not just TSA.

It's# also FEMA, the Coast Guard,## all these agencies that keep us safe.# We must fund them.

This is not a game.

LISA DESJARDINS: Now, what this# is, is more complicated.

Now,## they want a deal to fund DHS for# 60 days.

But, of course, now,## then the Senate would have to approve that.# And, there, they need Democratic votes.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer already# is defiant.

He's saying, no, this is dead on## arrival over there.

So what we have right# now is both chambers leaving for a two-week## spring break.

And that's why we think this# shutdown very likely will just continue.

JOHN YANG: And where has President# Trump been in all of this?

LISA DESJARDINS: Right.

I talked to a senior White House official.. "let the Hill work this out."

Now, the president# did cast a little bit of shade on the Senate bill,## but he basically seems to be staying out# of it, saying he understands both sides.

That's a problem.

He's not leading here, as we# have Senate Republicans being more pragmatic,## looking for something that can pass, and House# Republicans being more righteous, looking for## what they think is right in all of this.

That# divides also political risk for Republicans.

They say Democrats started this shutdown,## but really they're the ones right now# who can't seem to get on the same page.

JOHN YANG: So where are we now?

And# what's next?

What can come next?

LISA DESJARDINS: OK, let's see us talk about# this.

First of all, DHS is the third largest## agency in U.S.

government.

So, many# workers, even with TSA being paid,## are going to go again without pay.

They've# been with more than a month now without pay.

So the White House and the Senate heading# toward this two-week break means this is## a shutdown of historic proportions.# Even though it is just a limited one,## to one agency, here you see all the shutdowns# since 1980.

This is the last year's one there.## You see the highest one, 43 days in yellow, the# partial shutdowns, the current one, 40 days.

Now, let's see what happens if we go# this two-week recess without any deal,## which is where we are right now.

Then# we have the longest shutdown in American## history.

Even though it's one agency,# it's a very large one.

So what's next?

The House is on track to vote tonight on# its plan.

The Senate has left town.

Usually,## I like to give viewers a very clear sense of what# is next, John, but, to be honest, no one knows.## And what we know for workers, other than TSA# and Coast Guard military, for DHS workers,## many of them just don't know where# their pay is going to come from or when.

JOHN YANG: Lisa Desjardins, thank you very much.

LISA DESJARDINS: You're welcome.