WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today voted to fully fund the government and to improve border security while also providing further protections for DACA recipients.

“The President and Leader McConnell have offered a compromise with priorities for both sides that will end the shutdown,” Roberts said. “I was glad to support it to move the immigration debate forward while at the same time better protecting our borders and reopening the government. We must negotiate in good faith before further damage is done to our economy and to the people unfairly caught in the partisan crosshairs.”

Senator Roberts also supported legislation to fund the government in late December.

The bill, called the “End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act,” was blocked from a final vote because it failed to garner 60 votes.