House approves bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the record shutdown. Bernie Bennett has more. VERBATIM: After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and sent the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign, ending […]
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The House Passes the Homeland Security BIll
House approves bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security and end the record shutdown. Bernie Bennett has more.
VERBATIM:
After weeks of delay, the House voted Thursday to fund much of the Department of Homeland Security, but not its immigration enforcement operations, and sent the bipartisan package to President Donald Trump to sign, ending the longest agency shutdown in history.
The White House had warned that temporary funding that President Trump had tapped to pay Transportation Security Administration and other agency personnel would “soon run out,” and that sparked new threats of airport disruptions.
DHS has been without routine funds since Feb. 14, causing hardship for workers, though much of Mr. Trump’s immigration agenda that is central to the dispute is being funded separately.
Bernie Bennett, Washington.