WASHINGTON — Almost as quickly as it came about, a plan from Senate Republican leaders to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has hit a snag.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced Tuesday the chamber would move on a full-year DHS funding bill without measures to restrict President Barack Obama’s immigration policies, which have so far hindered the passage of a bill that would keep the department from shutting down on Feb. 27. The Senate will also vote on a separate bill to stop Obama’s 2014 executive actions on immigration.
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Some Republicans indicated they may be willing to support a clean funding bill for DHS since programs are not currently moving forward.
“That’s a victory to me, not a loss, and sometimes it makes a lot of sense to bank victories and move ahead,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) told reporters.
