Congress Has Deja Vu With Homeland Funds to Expire at Week’s End

Leaders of the U.S. Congress start the week in the position they were in at the end of last week: They have just a few days to avert a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security with no funding solution in sight.

Republicans and Democrats traded more blame Sunday for the lack of progress to finance the agency’s operations, even as the new March 6 deadline approaches. Neither party budged from its stance on whether funds should be tied to reversing President Barack Obama’s November immigration orders, and leaders continued to snipe about whether promises were made about advancing a long-term bill.