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Democrats block bill to avoid shutdown so Homeland Security can be decided on its own
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The Independent News
Democrats voted against the legislation on Thursday known as a minibus that includes funding the Departments of Homeland Security, Transportation, Defense, Health and Human Security, Labor and Education.
If the funding is not agreed to and passes both houses, it would result a partial government shutdown.
But the DHS bill still needs a lot of work.”open image in gallery Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) have been negotiating guardrails for ICE in the Homeland Security funding bill.
The new bills would be kicked back to the House for a vote while the Senate holds a separate vote on a stopgap spending bill for Homeland Security to give senators time to negotiate the legislation.
The House would then hold a vote on the stopgap before both chambers pass a bill to fund Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year.