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Senate Republicans Again Fail To Bring DHS Bill Up For Consideration

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 4th, 2015

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Senate Republicans Again Fail To Bring DHS Bill Up For Consideration

The Senate on Wednesday again was unable to muster enough votes to invoke cloture to proceed with the Department of Homeland Security’s FY ’15 spending bill, which President Barack Obama would veto if it includes amendments that block his executive actions on immigration.The vote was 53-47 in favor of invoking cloture, seven votes shy of the threshold. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was the lone Republican that voted no, allowing him the opportunity to bring the bill up for…

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Senate Appropriators Press On Supplemental’s Requests Beyond Iran Scope, Hegseth Urges Full Funding

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