Senate passes bill to fund most of DHS after House GOP caves

Senate passes bill to fund most of DHS after House GOP caves

The House is not expected to vote on the legislation until lawmakers return to Washington on April 13

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected to take up the Senate's DHS bill after rejecting it last week. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump has appeared to side with Senate Majority Leader John Thune's two-track approach to funding the Department of Homeland Security and ending the record-breaking shutdown. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., claimed victory on Wednesday for forcing Republicans to fund President Donald Trump's border security and immigration enforcement agenda outside the normal appropriations process. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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