News from The Hill: House approves DHS funding

News from The Hill House approves DHS funding By Scott Wong, Rebecca Shabad and Cristina Marcos The House voted Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a months-long impasse over President Obama’s immigration policies and averting a weekend shutdown at the agency. The $40 billion spending bill keeps DHS funded through the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, but is stripped of GOP-favored provisions aimed at halting Obama’s controversial executive actions on immigration. The so-called “clean” funding bill had passed the Senate earlier; it now goes to Obama, who has already vowed to sign it. Read more here.