Bipartisan measure includes funding for Secret Service and TSA, but excludes immigration enforcement operations
Partial government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS
The US House of Representatives has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security – excluding immigration enforcement operations – and end the longest government agency shutdown in history.
The deal struck on Thursday aims to draw a line under a 75-day impasse that had threatened airport chaos and exposed fresh strains within the Republican party.
In a swift voice vote, the Republican-controlled chamber approved a bipartisan measure to fund much of the sprawling department, including the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which now goes to Donald Trump to sign into law.
