WASHINGTON — House Republicans rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security and announced plans to pursue their own short-term funding measure through May 22. The House proposal would fund the entire department, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies that were excluded from the Senate compromise.

After a conference call with Republican members, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House would seek an alternative to the Senate's action. He said he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the House Republican plan and that the president supported it. "This gambit that was done last night is a joke," Johnson said, referring to the Senate bill. Johnson challenged the Senate to take up the House's short-term fix to fund the Department of Homeland Security into May.

The Senate worked through the night to approve by voice vote a bill to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Coast Guard, and the Transportation Security Administration. The compromise bill passed just after 2 a.m. with no objections. After more than a week of negotiations involving the White House, Senate negotiators agreed to fund all parts of the Department of Homeland Security except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and parts of Customs and Border Protection.

House Republicans opposed the Senate bill because it did not provide funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol. Democratic members refused to provide funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol without changes to immigration enforcement practices. Democrats have advocated ending administrative warrants, requiring judicial approval before agents search private homes or spaces.

House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said members of his party were prepared to support the Senate bill to reopen non-controversial parts of the Department of Homeland Security. "There is a bipartisan bill that has been sent over from the Senate that would reopen the non-controversial parts of the Department of Homeland Security," Jeffries said.

President Donald Trump signed an executive action to pay Transportation Security Administration employees. The executive action aimed to ease long security lines at many of the nation's top airports. The Department of Homeland Security shutdown has resulted in travel delays and warnings of airport closures as more TSA workers missing paychecks stopped reporting to work.

Multiple airports have experienced callout rates of more than 40 percent among Transportation Security Administration employees, according to DHS. Nearly 500 of the Transportation Security Administration's nearly 50,000 officers have resigned during the shutdown. Nationwide on Thursday, more than 11.8 percent of scheduled Transportation Security Administration employees missed work, amounting to more than 3,450 callouts, according to DHS.