Partial shutdown drags on as US House takes no action on compromise deal
by Chris Stein in Washington from World news | The Guardian on (#74NXS)
Senate-passed funding plan for DHS languishes despite agreement between Republican congressional leaders
The US House of Representatives on Thursday took no action on a compromise measure that would end the partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), raising questions about how much longer the record-long funding lapse will persist.
The department has been without funding since mid-February, after Democrats refused to vote for its appropriations unless Republicans agreed to new guardrails on federal agents involved in immigration enforcement operations.
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