The measure, passed unanimously early Friday after a marathon session, still needs to get through the Republican-led House before it can get to Trump's desk.

The US Senate has voted to end a partial 40-day government shutdown, approving funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) - with the exception of immigration enforcement. The almost six-week funding lapse has seen knock-on disruption at US airports.

The Senate has reached an agreement to re-open the Department of Homeland Security, but not fund Border Patrol and ICE, which Democrats blocked. Immigration enforcement has been at the center of the

The dispute appears to mean a continued stalemate over the department that has gone unfunded since Feb. 14, leading to long security lines at some airports.

House Republicans moved Friday to further extend the six-week shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security by rejecting a Senate bill that would fund the vast majority of DHS agencies through September.

After senators worked late into the night to approve a deal to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, House Republicans rejected it.

The Senate voted early Friday morning to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, taking a step to reopen large parts of an agency that has been partially shut down for more than a month. The vote came hours after President Donald Trump said that he was ordering officials to pay Transportation Security Administration officers even though Congress had not appropriated funds,

Instead, Senate Republicans accepted what Democrats have been offering for weeks — cash for all of DHS except for ICE and part of Customs and Border Protection. The Senate approved the funding package by a voice vote and is now expected to begin a scheduled two-week recess.