Senate Votes to Fund Most of D.H.S. in Bid to End Partial Shutdown
The bill excludes funding for ICE and the Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.

Senate Republicans have rejected Democrats’ latest bid to end a lengthy shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, prolonging a stalemate that has wreaked havoc on air travel and threatens to ripple through an economy already roiled by the Iran war.
The bill excludes funding for ICE and the Border Patrol but restores it for federal airport security workers. The House could consider the package on Friday.
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.
Members of both parties are facing increased pressure to end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, as long lines extend throughout the nation’s airports. Are the long lines at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints actually adding political pressure to get something done? And who is feeling it more? Join The Hill…
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