Congress on Thursday approved legislation restoring funding to major components of the Department of Homeland Security, ending a record 76-day shutdown. Immigration enforcement agencies were excluded from the package.
The House cleared the measure by voice vote, following Senate passage more than a month earlier, sending the bill to President Trump, who signed it into law. The legislation fully funds agencies including the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration, Secret Service, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol were left out of the funding package, setting up a separate legislative battle. Congressional Republicans are now shifting focus to a reconciliation bill aimed at securing tens of billions of dollars for those agencies, a process that would allow passage in the Senate with a simple majority vote.
