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The DHS funding bill passed the House, but when will the Senate vote again to end the partial government shutdown? Here's the latest shutdown update.
The House passed a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, but Senate Democrats blocked similar legislation.
The House passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill Thursday, even as most Democrats defied Republican pressure to end the agency shutdown in light of the Iran conflict. The lower chamber voted 221-209 to pass the bill.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The budget bill, which has passed the House of Delegates and state Senate, has no additional funding for county school districts to deal with a growing number of special needs students.
A bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security is stalling out again in Congress. Republicans invoked the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they tried Thursday to pass a bill funding the department.
The Senate gave a unanimous thumbs up to a measure aiming to ensure state funds will help pay for weather-proofing projects at condos. The vote on the floor was 37-0. Hollywood in