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The U.S. Senate early Friday passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the partial government shutdown
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Senators worked late into the night, finally coming to an agreement after two this morning, Eastern Time
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The vote seemingly ends the standoff that led to massive lines and long wait times at airports across the country
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as TSA employees have been working without pay for 40 days and faced missing their second paycheck in a row today
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In that time, nearly 500 TSA employees have quit and thousands have called out sick, leading to those long lines at the airports
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The Senate bill would fund all of DHS except ice enforcement and removal operations and parts of Customs and Border Protection
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which have been sticking points for Democrats in the wake of the deadly ICE shootings of two American citizens in Minneapolis in January
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However, Democrats did not get the ICE restrictions they were seeking on such things as ICE agents wearing masks and judicial warrants before entering a home
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Since the White House and Republicans refused Democrats' demands, senators agreed to strip out ICE funding from the measure completely and pursue that in a separate bill
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The House is expected to take up this bill when it meets today, ahead of a two-week recess
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Even if they don't pass it, President Trump has said he will have newly sworn-in Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen
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quote, immediately pay our TSA agents in order to address this emergency situation
