DHS shutdown all but certain as lawmakers leave Washington with no deal
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The Department of Homeland Security is all but certain to run out of funding at the end of the day Friday as lawmakers leave Capitol Hill with no solution in sight.
The Department of Homeland Security is all but certain to run out of funding at the end of the day Friday as lawmakers left Capitol Hill Thursday with no deal in sight.
Senate Democrats voted unanimously to block a DHS spending bill that was negotiated before the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, saying it did not address their demands for reform at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
An effort by Republican Sen. Katie Britt to extend funding for DHS for two weeks to allow time for further negotiations also failed.
The Senate has no further votes scheduled for this week and many senators were boarding planes to Germany for the Munich Security Conference. House members also left town.
Homeland Security officials from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Coast Guard previously warned lawmakers that a lapse in funding will leave thousands of personnel working without pay, disrupt disaster reimbursements, delay cyber protections and put a strain on agencies barely digging out of the previous government shutdown.
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