U.S. House fails to pass Department of Homeland Security funding

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Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>U.S. House fails to pass Department of Homeland Security funding</h1>
                <h2><p>After a bill to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cleared the Senate, The New York Times reported that House Republicans tried to pass their own bill which would have funded DHS for only three weeks. It did not pass. Now the House is scrambling to pass</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>After a bill to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cleared the Senate, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/us/senate-house-homeland-security.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&gwh=9C5B290DB41AA16E531E769807679743&gwt=pay&assetType=nyt_now&_r=0&ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"><em>The New York Times</em> reported</a> that House Republicans tried to pass their own bill which would have funded DHS for only three weeks. It did not pass. Now the House is scrambling to pass something before midnight to keep DHS funded.</p>
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After a bill to fund the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cleared the Senate, The New York Times reported that House Republicans tried to pass their own bill which would have funded DHS for only three weeks. It did not pass. Now the House is scrambling to pass something before midnight to keep DHS funded.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal