House Moves to Avoid Homeland Security Shutdown With Funding Vote
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, arrives to an enrollment ceremony to sign the Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act (S.1) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015.
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/BloombergCongress is on track to end a showdown over Homeland Security Department spending and immigration policy after House Speaker John Boehner defied hard-line Republicans by allowing a vote on agency funding through September.
The House moved toward a vote Tuesday on a Senate-passed bill that doesn’t reverse President Barack Obama’s November orders on immigration. Boehner, an Ohio Republican, capitulated to Democratic demands to bring the bill up, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi immediately agreed to back the plan with votes from her caucus.