Congress advances Homeland Security funding after Republicans used procedural tool to pass up to $75bn for ICE and border patrol Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox A historically long 75-day partial government shutdown has ended after the House passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a voice vote, 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. Continue reading...