WATCH: Senators chase deal to end Homeland Security budget standoff
Travel disruptions deepened as senators raced to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department.

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.
Travel disruptions deepened as senators raced to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown by funding much of the department.
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…
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), one of President Trump’s closest Senate allies, said Friday he opposed passing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill in the early hours of the night while most of America slept. “The morning, the Senate passed a bill to fund many functions of the Department of Homeland Security, but it…
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.
The House voted on party lines to pass a short-term funding patch for the Department of Homeland Security late Friday night, rebelling against a plan from Senate Republicans that omitted funding for immigration enforcement agencies. House Republican leaders pushed a bill, through a rare procedural vote that bypasses an hour of debate and a second…