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David Smith in Washington

US House passes bill funding much of DHS, ending agency’s longest shutdown

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Mike Johnson, the House speaker, speaks to reporters after passage of the bill. Photograph: Graeme Sloan/Getty Images

The US House of Representatives has voted to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security – excluding immigration enforcement operations – and end the longest government agency shutdown in history.

The deal struck on Thursday aims to draw a line under a 75-day impasse that had threatened airport chaos and exposed fresh strains within the Republican party.

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