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Obama Gets Iran Deal Win as Senate Dems Amass Enough Votes
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives in Congress, despite ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel. Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland became the crucial 34th vote in favor of the agreement. “No deal is perfect, especially one negotiated with the Iranian regime,” Mikulski said in a statement.
President Barack Obama signs 1-week bill to keep Homeland Security funded
President Barack Obama has signed a one-week funding bill for the Homeland Security Department, keeping the agency open after a showdown that went right up to the brink.Obama signed the bill late Friday, just minutes before the midnight deadline.Typically, when Obama signs important legislation, he issues a statement addressing its significance.
Congress OKs 1-week bill to keep Homeland Security open
Bordering on dysfunction, Congress passed a one-week bill late Friday night to avert a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in both political parties quelled a revolt by House conservatives furious that the measure left President Barack Obama's immigration policy intact.The final vote of a long day and night was a bipartisan 357-60 in the House, a little more than an hour after the Senate cleared the measure without so much as a roll call.That sent the legislation...
Congress approves bill to fund Homeland Security for 1 week, measure heads to President Obama
Bordering on dysfunction, Congress passed a one-week bill late Friday night to avert a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in both political parties quelled a revolt by House conservatives furious that the measure left President Barack Obama's immigration policy intact.The final vote of a long day and night was a bipartisan 357-60 in the House, a little more than an hour after the Senate cleared the measure without so much as a roll call.That sent the legislation...
Congress approves bill to fund Homeland Security for 1 week, measure heads to President Obama
Congress has approved a bill to fund Homeland Security for one week, and now the measure heads to President Obama.
Congress tries 1-week bill to keep Homeland Security open
On a day of high drama, the Republican-controlled Congress struggled into the night Friday to pass emergency legislation to keep the Homeland Security Department in full funding for one week and avert a partial shutdown threatened for midnight.Acting without fanfare, the Senate cleared the measure less than four hours before the deadline that would have triggered a partial shutdown at the federal agency with anti-terrorism responsibilities.That sent the bill to the House, where only a few...
Senate passes bill to ensure full funding for Homeland Security for one week
The Senate has approved a bill to ensure full funding of the Homeland Security Department for one week, sending the measure to the House just hours before the agency faces a partial shutdown.By voice vote late Friday, the Senate backed the bill.It came a few hours after the House, in a surprise move, rejected a bill to grant the department a three-week extension.
Stopgap Homeland Security spending bill fails in House
The House has rejected a stopgap spending bill for the Homeland Security Department with just hours to go before a midnight deadline to fund the agency or see it begin to partially shut down.The surprise 224-203 defeat of the legislation was a major embarrassment for House GOP leaders.
House rejects Homeland Security funding, partial shutdown possible
The Republican-controlled House unexpectedly rejected short-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security on Friday, increasing the prospect of a partial shutdown at midnight of an agency with major anti-terrorism responsibilities.The vote was 224-203 against the measure, as 52 Republicans defected on the leadership-backed legislation.A combination of conservative, tea party-backed Republicans on one side of the political aisle and Democrats on the other opposed the bill.
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