House to Vote on Homeland Security Funding as Soon as Tuesday
The impasse brought the Homeland Security agency within hours of a funding lapse on Feb. 27.
Homeland Security Funding Vote May Come Today
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Congress 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.
In doing so, the Ohio Republican capitulated to Democratic demands by scheduling votes starting Tuesday afternoon on a Senate-passed bill that doesn’t reverse President Barack Obama’s November orders on immigration. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi immediately agreed to back the plan with votes from her caucus.