US House passes bill funding much of DHS, ending agency’s longest shutdown

Bipartisan measure includes funding for Secret Service and TSA, but excludes immigration enforcement operations

• Partial government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS

The US House of Representatives has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security – excluding immigration enforcement operations – and end the longest government agency shutdown in history.

The deal struck on Thursday aims to draw a line under a 75-day impasse that had threatened airport chaos and exposed fresh strains within the Republican party.