Senate approves 1-week stopgap DHS funding bill

Mitch McConnell
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Late Friday evening, the Senate passed a stopgap bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security for one week. The deadline to fund the department expires at midnight Friday.

Earlier in the day, the House failed to pass a stopgap bill to fund DHS for three weeks, with conservative Republicans abandoning Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) in his attempt to prevent a department shutdown.

It remains to be seen whether the House will pass the latest Senate bill.

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Ben Frumin

Ben Frumin is the former editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com.