6 Republicans to watch in DHS fight

McConnnell, a Kentucky Republican, could soon hold a vote on legislation that would keep the agency open without targeting President Barack Obama’s immigration orders loathed by the GOP. (A separate vote would give Republicans a chance to go on record opposing the orders.)

The move has infuriated House conservatives who are urging their Senate counterparts to stand firm.

Early this month, Rubio appeared to have moved toward supporting a “clean” DHS bill, telling a Las Vegas crowd that “we can’t let Homeland Security shut down.” But this week, he backed off those remarks, saying in New Hampshire: “I don’t believe we should pass a clean DHS bill. It’s very difficult to pass anything now because of the Democrats. They won’t let us get to 60 votes.”

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.): The former head of the hard-line Club for Growth said he was “very pleased” by the Texas judge’s ruling against Obama’s immigration actions, and that he’d support the “clean” DHS funding bill.

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