Congress advances Homeland Security funding after Republicans used procedural tool to pass up to $75bn for ICE and border patrol
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A historically long 75-day partial government shutdown has ended after the House voted narrowly to advance funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following a late-night Republican rally to boost a GOP budget blueprint.
The tides turned on Wednesday evening when the House passed the Republican resolution following a last-minute deal over unrelated ethanol fuel provisions that flipped enough holdouts to push it over the line.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/partial-government-shutdown-ends-ice-dhs-funding-republicans
Author : Joseph Gedeon in Washington
Publish date : 2026-04-30 17:20:00
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