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Shrai Popat in Washington

US Senate fails for seventh time to advance bill to partly fund DHS

A man in a blue suit standing against a wall as he speaks to reporters.
John Thune, the Senate majority leader. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

The Senate again failed to advance a bill to fund part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has now been shut down for almost six weeks.

The latest vote came just hours after Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order instructing Markwayne Mullin, the DHS secretary, to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents during the shutdown, a move that could ease the immediate urgency for Congress to reach a deal as it heads into a scheduled two‑week recess.

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