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US House passes DHS funding bill after Republicans reject Senate deal

US House passes DHS funding bill after Republicans reject Senate deal

US House Republicans rejected a bipartisan Senate deal to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and instead passed their own funding measure late Friday, extending a weeks-long budget standoff that has disrupted travel. The stopgap bill, which proposes funding the DHS in full for eight weeks, passed

Defying Senate, House GOP passes DHS funding stopgap

(The Center Square) – The Department of Homeland Security shutdown will continue into the weekend after House Republicans snubbed the Senate’s funding deal and passed their own funding stopgap instead. Rather than approve a dead-of-night compromise that Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., made with Senate

House Republicans reject Senate bid to end US airport chaos

House Republicans reject Senate bid to end US airport chaos

US House Republicans on Friday effectively shot down an effort by the Senate to end a budget standoff that has forced thousands of airport security staff to work without pay, likely extending the partial government shutdown. A lapse in federal funding has left Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff -- who screen

DHS shutdown to continue after House rejects Senate deal

(The Center Square) – Republicans in the U.S. House quashed any hopes that the 42-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security would end Friday. The Senate’s last-minute deal early Friday to fund all DHS agencies except ICE and parts of Border Patrol hit a wall with

Helena city commission scraps immigration resolution, citing legal risk

Helena city commission scraps immigration resolution, citing legal risk

HELENA — Exactly two months after Helena officials approved a resolution restricting local police from working with federal immigration enforcement, city commissioners voted Thursday to rescind the measure in response to legal threats from Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen. After more than five hours of public comment and deliberation — during which

Senate funds DHS without ICE or Border Patrol, heads to House

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate agreed to fund the Department of Homeland Security early Friday, without including funds for ICE and Border Patrol. The Senate passed the funding bill by a voice vote, where Senators say "Aye" or "Nay" to pass legislation and the

Pain levels: Airports lead community efforts to help TSA workers going without pay during shutdown; Trump signs order to pay agents

Pain levels: Airports lead community efforts to help TSA workers going without pay during shutdown; Trump signs order to pay agents

Airports and air travelers have been feeling the pains of the federal shutdown impacting the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). But TSA workers — who make on average $35,000 annually with many working paycheck-to-paycheck — are at the top of the pain scale. Airport checkpoint employees haven’t