Headline Roundup • February 16th, 2015
House Debates DHS Funding
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Fox News Digital
House Speaker John Boehner is giving little ground to President Obama and his fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill on key issues, blaming Senate Democrats if the Homeland Security Department runs out of money and criticizing the president’s proposal to fight The Islamic State.
Boehner said on “Fox News Sunday,” in an interview taped on Friday, that Senate Democrats are blocking votes on a House-passed bill that funds the agency after Feb. 27 but also rolls back Obama’s executive actions on immigration.
And the House won’t send the Senate a new...
House Speaker John A. Boehner said Sunday that if Congress is unable to reach a compromise to continue funding for the Department of Homeland Security, it is the Senate Democratic minority that deserves the blame.
The House has passed legislation that would extend funding for DHS – whose current funding is set to run out on Feb. 27 – but has tied that bill to provisions that would block President Obama’s executive action on immigration. Senate Democrats have insisted on a “clean” bill, and Obama has threatened
CNN Digital
House and Senate Republicans aren't getting any closer to bridging their differences over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
House Speaker John Boehner again insisted on Sunday that the "House has done its job" and the cards are in the Senate's hands, Sens. John McCain and Bob Corker urged their fellow Republicans pass a bill without letting the agency's funding lapse. Mc
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