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Senate Passes ‘Clean’ DHS Funding Bill

The House and Senate are on different paths — with the House considering a short-term DHS funding bill, and the Senate having passed one that would fund the department through FY2015, but doesn’t stop President Obama’s amnesty.

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Boehner: ‘I’m Waiting for the Senate to Act’

Wednesday at the Republican House leadership press conference, when asked about the political battle over funding the Department of Homeland Security Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) repeated several times “I’m waiting for the Senate to act.” He added, “The House has

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Republicans Plan to Blast Democrats for Blocking DHS Funding

For the past week, President Obama and Senate Democrats have spent the past two weeks blasting Republicans after the House passed a bill which included two different proposals to defund Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Republican leaders in Congress, however, haven’t been as aggressive in their messaging strategy.

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White House Warns: Obama’s Security In Jeopardy If GOP Doesn’t Pass Clean DHS Funding Bill

On a call with reporters this afternoon, a White House aide warned that President Obama’s security might be in jeopardy if Republicans failed to pass a full funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. “Until a full funding bill has passed, the DHS and the Secret Service is not able to move forward with the recent recommendations from the report on White House complex security,” Andrew Mayock from the Office of Management and Budget explained during the call.