Congress moved closer Tuesday to ending a stalemate over funding for immigration enforcement, as Republicans in the House of Representatives voted ​along party lines to open debate on a $70 billion bill.

The House ⁠was expected to vote on ​passing the measure later on Tuesday, which would ⁠send the legislation to the White House for President Donald Trump's signature. The Senate passed the bill early Friday on a party-line vote.

The bill would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol for the next three years, shielding it from annual funding disputes in Congress.

Democrats ⁠refused to back funding for immigration enforcement after federal ⁠agents ⁠killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January. That disrupted funding for the Department of Homeland Security, leading to long airport security lines, until lawmakers agreed ​in April to fund portions of the department not involved in Trump's immigration crackdown.