Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have sent Democrats a revised proposal to end the ongoing shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security, which has snarled airport security lines around the country and added pressure on the US economy.

Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the ongoing DHS funding fight on Capitol Hill amid national security concerns and long TSA lines on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’

Democrats say they are considering Republicans' "last and final" offer to end the DHS shutdown. Follow live updates.

Travel disruptions have deepened as senators are racing to salvage a proposal to end the Homeland Security shutdown

Senators intend to vote Thursday on a Republican proposal that would fund the Transportation Security Administration and much of the Department of Homeland Security.

Long lines at airports continued to frustrate travelers Wednesday, the 40th day of the partial government shutdown. The acting head of the TSA said there has been a huge increase in assaults on officers.

Conservative Republicans are pushing back on a GOP plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. By HuffPost Video. HuffPost Video

In a sign of the toll the shutdown is taking, the top official at the TSA told House lawmakers that staffing shortages have led to the "highest wait times in TSA history."