Republicans in the US House of Representatives have rejected a bipartisan deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead approved a different plan, prolonging the shutdown that has caused huge delays at airports.
Their Senate colleagues backed a bill that would have reopened most of DHS but excluded funding for immigration agencies to garner support from Democrats.
House Republican leaders rejected this, with Speaker Mike Johnson labelling the Senate bill a "joke".
TSA agents, who manage US airport security, have not been paid in more than a month due to the impasse. Congress is now heading on a two-week break.
House Republicans are demanding that the legislation includes money for immigration enforcement, and their plan would mean funding DHS at current levels - including for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - for 60 days.
