Senate Passes DHS Funding Bill as House Plans Short-Term Fix

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    Congress is moving to pass a three-week stopgap funding bill to prevent a Department of Homeland Security shutdown for now, but lawmakers remain at odds about how to solve a long-standing impasse over immigration and the agency's budget in the long term.

    The Senate on Friday morning easily passed a "clean" year-long DHS funding measure that does not include controversial riders to curb President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions. The vote was 68-31.

    But that "clean" bill is a non-starter in the House. GOP leaders there, facing the ire of conservatives who say they won't accept a bill that doesn't tackle the immigration issue, are instead floating a three-week extension of DHS funding that would give both sides more time to negotiate.

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