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Budget

Democrats Ask Senate Leader For Vote On ‘Clean’ DHS Funding Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

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Democrats Ask Senate Leader For Vote On ‘Clean’ DHS Funding Bill

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee

Senate Democrats on Tuesday asked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to bring up an FY ’15 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that excludes measures approved by the House that would prevent President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration.Sens. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), the vice chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), ranking member on the Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, spearheaded the effort to call on McConnell for a clean spending bill for DHS.“The message…

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