WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A deal to end the partial government shutdown is gaining momentum in the Senate. Nearly a month since the partial government shutdown began, lawmakers from both parties are now stepping up their efforts to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

During a swearing-in ceremony for the new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump said he’ll take what he called a “good, hard look” at a Republican proposal for ending the shutdown.

“Well, I don’t want to comment until I see the deal, but as you know, they’re negotiating a deal. I guess they’re getting fairly close. But I think any deal they make, I’m pretty much not happy with.”

Increasingly long lines at airports across the country have spurred senators from both parties to find a compromise that would fund DHS through the rest of the fiscal year. Republicans have proposed reopening the department -including funding for TSA- but omitting money for ICE enforcement operations. The G.O.P. would then fund ICE through a separate bill.

President Trump, however, sees a political advantage to the ongoing shutdown, saying he knows who he’s blaming, “I blame the Democrats more than anything else. But some of them, you know, they didn’t get paid because they’re not funded by the Democrats. This is a Democrat problem.”

Besides the President’s reluctance to embrace the Republican proposal, some Democratic Senators are also not on board. They say the proposal fails to address some Democratic demands for new rules on immigration enforcement.

Late Tuesday, Senator Chuck Schumer made it clear that the current White House proposal to fund the Department of Homeland Security will not work without further reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.