April 23 (UPI) -- Senate Republicans were up all night voting, eventually adopting a budget reconciliation package Thursday morning to prepare to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The Senate plans to fund the department without Democrats' help. The resolution was adopted at around 3:30 a.m. EDT Thursday by a vote of 50-48 after about six hours.
The only Republicans to vote against the resolution were Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rand Paul, R-Ky. The bill now goes to the House. If the House adopts the resolution, the final funding bill can be written and voted on by Congress.
They are following a deadline of June 1 set by President Donald Trump.
"We have a multistep process ahead of us, but at the end Republicans will have helped ensure that America's borders are secure and prevented Democrats from defunding these important agencies," said Senate Republican Leader John Thune, R-N.D.
