The budget blueprint is the first step in Republicans' two-pronged plan to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

Washington — The Senate advanced a budget resolution on Tuesday in the first step toward funding immigration agencies under the Department of Homeland Security without help from Democrats. In a 52 to 46 vote along party lines, Republicans approved a ...

The budget resolution, which passed 50-48, is a bid to circumvent the Democratic filibuster and fund immigration enforcement agencies and reopen the DHS.

Senate Republicans advanced a budget resolution to begin the process of funding immigration agencies under DHS without help from Democrats.

The measure cleared 50-48 after a marathon amendment session and sets up a reconciliation path for immigration enforcement spending.

During the overnight “vote-a-rama,” the Senate passed a budget resolution early Thursday morning to fund both federal immigration agencies part of the Department of Homeland Security: Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Tuesday that he plans to bring a budget resolution to the Senate floor as soon as next week to set the stage for bypassing a Democratic