http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/john-boehner-dhs-funding-115637.html?cmpid=sfJohn Boehner’s big week
The onus will be squarely on the speaker to end the Homeland Security mess.
By Seung Min Kim
3/2/15 5:35 AM EST
Updated 3/2/15 5:35 AM EST
Let’s try this again.
Congress returns Monday staring at another deadline to finance the Department of Homeland Security. But instead of stalling again, lawmakers look more likely this time to steer the anti-terrorism agency away from the funding cliff through September.
With the clock ticking until the new Friday deadline to avert a DHS funding lapse, the GOP-controlled Senate will take the first step with a vote Monday on whether to head into formal negotiations with the House on financing the security agency. Senate Democrats are expected to block that move.
That will put the onus squarely back on Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team. Democrats fully expect the speaker to allow a vote on a so-called clean DHS funding measure that runs until the end of the fiscal year. But Republicans were coy over the weekend about what they’ll do, promising only that they’ll continue battling President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
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