The House has failed to hold a vote on the Senate bill, while US President Trump says he will sign an order to pay ‘all’ DHS employees.A partial government shutdown in the United States is set to stretch on, despite the Senate passing a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).On Thursday, the House of Representatives did not take up the funding bill passed by the Senate, meaning the partial shutdown that began on February 14 will continue until at least Monday, when the lower chamber reconvenes.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe stalemate centres on whether DHS should reform its immigration procedures, following criticism of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation push.Democrats have refused to pass funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) without reforms to their practices. Republicans, meanwhile, have called the Democrats’ demands non-starters.The deadlock has had several knock-on effects. DHS, for example, is in charge of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and its airport security agents have gone without pay for the last six weeks.With agents calling out sick or leaving their jobs altogether, US airports have reported long lines and widespread travel delays.The bill passed by the Senate last Wednesday would finance TSA and other arms of the DHS, but would not provide further funding to ICE or CBP, which already received major windfalls in last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.But while Senate Republicans backed the measure last week, Republic …
