Senate pushes for Homeland Security funding deal as shutdown looms

Democrats have demanded that Republicans agree to break off DHS funding from a larger funding bill as they push for new restrictions on federal immigration enforcement. If all Republicans supported the funding package, they would need at least seven Senate Democrats to back it to overcome the filibuster’s 60-vote threshold. Senate Republicans are more open to some of Democrats’ demands than they were ahead of the government shutdown last fall. But he added that Democrats are unlikely to support a blanket extension if Senate Republicans are promising to eventually negotiate a compromise. The post Senate pushes for Homeland Security funding deal as shutdown looms appeared first on Washington Post.