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Partial US government shutdown ends after Congress votes to fund DHS
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Congress advances Homeland Security funding after Republicans used procedural tool to pass up to $75bn for ICE and border patrol Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox. A historically long 75-day partial government shutdown has ended after the House voted narrowly to advance funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following a late-night Republican rally to boost a GOP budget blueprint.The tides turned on Wednesday evening when the House passed the Republican resolution following a last-minute deal over unrelated ethanol fuel provisions that flipped enough holdouts to push it over the line. Continue reading...
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