"The stopgap bill, which proposes funding the DHS in full for eight weeks, passed by 213 to 203 votes after Republicans in the lower chamber refused to take up a Senate-passed deal that excluded money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol."
"Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, said a funding measure that locks in the status quo is dead on arrival in the Senate, and Republicans know it."
"House Republicans instead introduced competing legislation that would fully fund Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff, as well as immigration agents and Border Patrol personnel."
"With the lapse in federal funding and weeks of chaos at American airports expected to be extended, the White House said Trump signed a memorandum Friday ordering his administration to resolve the unprecedented emergency situation and find the funds necessary to pay TSA salaries."
House Republicans passed a funding measure for the Department of Homeland Security, rejecting a bipartisan Senate deal. The stopgap bill funds DHS for eight weeks, extending a budget standoff that has disrupted travel. Thousands of airport security staff have worked without pay. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer stated that the funding measure is unacceptable. House Republicans introduced legislation to fully fund TSA and immigration agents, while the White House ordered compensation for TSA personnel amid the funding lapse.
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