After a marathon overnight voting session, the Senate on Thursday morning approved a budget resolution on a near party-line vote to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection, bypassing Democratic objections in hopes of ending the monthslong shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security.
The measure was approved 50-48 — with Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Lisa Murkowski siding with Democrats in opposition — and it now moves to the House, where its future is uncertain.
The Senate’s budget plan directs up to $140 billion to keep the agencies running for more than three more years — through the end of President Donald Trump’s term. While that’s the higher end of the price tag, the package is expected to cost between $70 billion and $80 billion.