WASHINGTON — Another potential roadblock to the Senate quickly passing funding for the Department of Homeland Security was cleared Thursday.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), one of the most adamant opponents of President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, indicated he is not planning to hold up a vote on a DHS bill that doesn’t include measures to end the president’s policies, even though he opposes the plan.
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Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) told reporters he hopes the House will pass a clean DHS bill, even if Boehner needs to rely on Democratic votes. He has been urging his fellow Republican senators to support the legislation.
“As a governing party, we’ve got to fund DHS and say to the House, ‘Here’s a straw so you can suck it up,'” Kirk said.
