Johnson calls out GOP Senate over "joke" of a DHS plan

<p>Sharp differences between House and Senate GOP leaders burst into the open this afternoon, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune's (R-S.D.) two-step plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security and then ICE the first casualty.</p><p><strong>Why it matters:</strong> The collapse was public — and painful. Blame flew freely, with House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump weighing in.</p><hr><ul><li>"This gambit that was done last night is a joke," Johnson (R-La.) said.</li><li>Johnson claimed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) was the "engineer" of the plan, but his anger at the Senate — where not a single GOP lawmaker objected — was unmistakable.</li><li>"I'm quite convinced that it can't be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill."</li></ul><p><st