House passes short-term DHS funding bill; top Dem says 'dead on arrival' in Senate
The House voted to approve a short-term bill to fund all of DHS for eight weeks. The top Senate Democrat says the bill is "dead on arrival."
House passes short-term DHS funding bill; top Dem says 'dead on arrival' in Senate
The House voted to approve a short-term bill to fund all of DHS for eight weeks. The top Senate Democrat says the bill is "dead on arrival." Grouped from 9 articles across 6 sources.
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US House passes stopgap DHS funding bill after Republicans reject Senate deal
Bill passes by 213 to 203 votes in move prolonging weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travel US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead passed their own funding measure late on Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted air travel. The stopgap bill, which proposes funding the DHS in full for eight weeks, passed by 213 to 203 votes after Republicans in the lower chamber refused to take up a Senate-passed deal that excluded money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the border patrol. Continue reading...
US House passes bill funding Homeland Security amid shutdown
US House of Representatives passed a temporary bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
US: Senate ends shutdown with ICE-free DHS funding bill
The US Senate has approved funds for TSA and most of Homeland Security but not ICE, after a partial government shutdown triggered massive disruption at airports, and 50,000 TSA agents were forced to work without pay.
US Republicans reject Senate bill to end shutdown, fund TSA
US House Republicans have rejected a Senate bill to end the partial government shutdown. With Congress deadlocked, President Trump has signed an executive action to pay airport security officers.
US House to vote on DHS funding as travel chaos deepens
The planned vote is unlikely to end the funding impasse as long security lines at US airports continue.
US Senate fails for seventh time to advance bill to partly fund DHS
Vote came after Trump said he would sign an order directing agency’s new secretary to pay TSA agents Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Senate again failed to advance a bill to fund part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has now been shut down for almost six weeks. The latest vote came just hours after Donald Trump said he would sign an executive order instructing Markwayne Mullin, the DHS secretary, to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents during the shutdown, a move that could ease the immediate urgency for Congress to reach a deal as it heads into a scheduled two‑week recess. Continue reading...
TSA funding update: House GOP spikes DHS funding proposal, extending shutdown that's caused airport delays
President Donald Trump on Friday issued an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents during the shutdown.
US Senate passes funding package for Homeland Security that excludes ICE
House of Representatives still needs to act before funded agencies such as airport security can reopen, CNN reports The US Senate has passed legislation that will finance most of the Department of Homeland Security but withhold funds from ICE and part of Customs and Border Protection, the office of the Senate Democratic party leader, Chuck Schumer, said in a statement. The agreement would fund DHS components such as the Transportation Security Administration and US Coast Guard, the statement said. CNN reported that the House of Representatives will still need to act before funded agencies within the department can reopen. Continue reading...
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