Funding for Transportation Security Administration workers moved a step closer to reality early Friday after the Senate unanimously passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection.
In February, Senate Democrats refused to pass DHS funding, which meant TSA workers went unpaid. That triggered a chain of events in which resignations and absences caused massive lines at airports, turning the political standoff into a public relations nightmare.
Republicans said that they allowed Democrats to win the battle over ICE and Border Patrol funding because they expect to win the war, according to Fox News.
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The “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress last year gave ICE and the Border Patrol $75 billion, which Republicans hope will tide the agencies over until the GOP can use a process called budget reconciliation to fund the agencies.
That process addresses
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