The House unanimously approved a bill to end the 76-day DHS shutdown. The bill excludes ICE and Border Patrol funding; Trump is expected to sign it.

The House abruptly passed the Senate-approved funding bill without a recorded vote, saving face for everybody.

The House passed a spending deal on Thursday that reopens the agency, with the exception of immigration enforcement, after 2 ½ months of lapsed funding.

The House passed a bill Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security, just days before the department might have run out of emergency funds to pay its workers. The lower chamber reversed its month-long opposition to a funding bill that the Senate passed on April 2.

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After months of resistance, the House on Thursday passed the Senate-backed DHS funding bill, which funds all agencies inside the department except immigration enforcement operations.

Though House Republicans initially expressed reservations about the Senate-passed measure which peeled funding for immigration enforcement agencies off the full DHS budget, lawmakers said they lacked the votes to effectively oppose it.