US Senate votes to fund most of Homeland Security to end airports chaos - but ICE excluded
It comes after a 40-day partial shut down of the government that has brought chaos to US airports.

House of Representatives still needs to act before funded agencies such as airport security can reopen, CNN reportsThe US Senate has passed legislation that will finance most of the Department of Homeland Security but withhold funds from ICE and part of Customs and Border Protection, the office of the Senate Democratic party leader, Chuck Schumer, said in…
It comes after a 40-day partial shut down of the government that has brought chaos to US airports.
The Senate early Friday passed a partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill, as Republicans caved to Democrats' refusal to fund ICE and border patrol.
The US Senate passed legislation early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, forging a path to end a lengthy partial government shutdown that snarled airport security and threatened to ripple through an economy already roiled by the Iran war.
The Senate voted unanimously early Friday to reopen the Department of Homeland Security after a 40-day shutdown, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations.
The Senate has reached an agreement to re-open the Department of Homeland Security, but not fund Border Patrol and ICE, which Democrats blocked. Immigration enforcement has been at the center of the stalemate that caused a 42-day partial government shutdown that left TSA workers unpaid and extensive airport delays across the country. The bill now heads to…
Senators agreed by unanimous consent early Friday morning to a proposal that funds the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other critical agencies in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The late-night Senate deal left out funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Border Patrol after negotiators failed to agree on…
The Senate took the first step toward reopening the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, approving legislation that funds all of the agency except its most controversial function: immigration enforcement. The Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, and a host of other subagencies under DHS will be funded under a bill the Senate passed…
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