Senate approves TSA funding, leaves immigration enforcement out of DHS deal
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Senate approves TSA and key Homeland Security funding, excluding ICE, in bid to ease airport chaos; House vote expected Friday.
After more than 40 days, the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security could be nearing its end.
Overnight, the U.S. Senate advanced a measure that would fund most of the agency, sending it to the House for a final vote. Long security lines at airports in recent days have disrupted thousands of travelers and created anxiety for millions — a direct result of Transportation Security Administration officers going weeks without pay and calling out or resigning.d
The legislation still needs a vote in the House, but the development could bring a return to security line normalcy at major airports.
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The legislation would fund nearly all of the Department of Homeland Security, including the TSA, but does not include immigration enforcement funding. That provision would likely be revisited later this year, possibly through a partisan reconciliation bill.
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