The move, however, is all but certain to prolong the six-week partial government shutdown.
Bill passes by 213 to 203 votes in move prolonging weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travelUS House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security and instead passed their own funding measure late Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travel.The stopgap bill,…
The House has voted to yes on a temporary bill to fund all of the Department of Homeland Security, including ICE and Customs and Border Protection, but the government shutdown is expected to continue as the measure is thought to be "dead on arrival" in the Senate. NBC News' Jessica Layton and Melanie Zanona report.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Friday said that a two-month Homeland Security funding stopgap being proposed by House Republicans would be “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Schumer slammed the door on the idea of funding the entire Department of Homeland Security for 60 days to give White House and negotiators more time…
House Freedom Caucus leaders on Friday rejected a Senate-passed DHS funding bill as Senators leave town for a two-week Easter recess. The post BREAKING: Chaos Erupts as House Leaders Reject Senate-Passed Bill to Fund DHS as Senators Flee DC for Two-Week Recess (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
House Republicans opposed to the Senate-passed partial Department of Homeland Security funding bill are going to try to pass an eight-week stopgap measure that would fund the entire department.
The move prolongs a partial government shutdown and sets up a standoff over immigration enforcement funding and voter ID demands.
