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.

Bipartisan talks continued, but a deal to reopen the department remained elusive ahead of a major spring travel weekend, and as lawmakers looked toward their own two-week break.
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…
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 early Friday passed a partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill, as Republicans caved to Democrats' refusal to fund ICE and border patrol.
The Senate passed a bill early Friday morning to fund the Department of Homeland Security, a first step in ending the partial government shutdown that resulted in extreme delays at airport security lines.