House Passes ‘Clean’ DHS Funding Bill, So onto the Next Showdown

The House of Representatives today passed a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, which will keep the department funded into September and calm things down in Washington until the inevitable next big showdown.

This morning, reports said John Boehner was going to bring a clean bill to the floor, after the House voted last Friday on a one-week extension (that only passed after a three-week extension was rejected).

The House voted 257 to 167, and this, combined with the Senate’s vote on a clean bill last week, sends the legislation to President Obama.

The vote puts to rest, for now, a fight conservatives waged to pass a DHS funding bill that would not fund the president’s executive action on immigration.

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