House GOP in Holding Pattern on Funding DHS
</p> On the flip side, some House Republicans are questioning if the Republican Party as a whole could weather the political storm of opposing a “clean” DHS spending bill.
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</p> On the flip side, some House Republicans are questioning if the Republican Party as a whole could weather the political storm of opposing a “clean” DHS spending bill.
</p> Meantime, the House Rules Committee reported a closed amendment rule on its Keystone bill, allowing just one hour of debate and one minority motion to recommit –all done in one afternoon.
</p> </p> McConnell’s offer of passing a clean full-year Homeland Security bill through the Senate shorn of immigration provisions — which he said could happen quickly with Democratic cooperation —
President Barack Obama has vetoed the Keystone Pipeline bill as promised, using his veto pen for just the third time and the first since 2010.
</p> </p> Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he is prepared to move a “clean” DHS funding bill — without any extraneous immigration language — as soon as Democrats are willing to agree to a vote.
</p> Corker said he hoped the bill could form a model for structuring the funding of other aid efforts and said he and Menendez had drawn on previous big U.S.
</p> Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., is back at work after giving birth to daughter Abigail O’kalani Bowlsbey in November.
Hoyer, D-Md., said he and members of his party are still holding out for a “clean” bill to pay for DHS operations through the remainder of the fiscal year.
</p> (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) “Traditions of the United States Senate,” the official tome on precedents, establishes that the presiding officer is in charge of enforcing “decorum.”
</p> That wasn’t the case Sunday night.
</p> Patricia Arquette.
(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Rep.
</p> The immigration fight that has stalemated the fiscal 2015 Homeland Security spending bill, leaving the department days away from a possible shutdown, makes clear the high hurdles that remain for
</p> The immigration fight that has stalemated the fiscal 2015 Homeland Security spending bill, leaving the department days away from a possible shutdown, makes clear the high hurdles that remain for
</p> </p> The Kentucky Republican offered a standalone bill focused on the immigration actions alone after Democrats filibustered for a fourth time the House-passed DHS bill, this time on a 47-46 vote
</p> The Kentucky Republican offered a standalone bill focused on the 2014 immigration actions alone after Democrats for the fourth time filibustered the House-passed DHS bill, this time on a 47-46 vote
</p> </p> All of this is within our reach. In January, the House passed a bipartisan bill to get these exports moving, with the support of 41 Democrats.
That’s putting pressure on both parties to act, but Congress hasn’t yet been able to pass a cybersecurity bill.
</p> Lewis stands on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in between television interviews on Feb. 14.
</p> Solons slated to lend their support to the cause include Florida Democratic Reps. Patrick Murphy and Corrine Brown, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson and South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott.