House passes Homeland Security spending bill, ending weeks of drama

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The House voted 257-167 to pass a measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security until Sept. 30, the end of the fiscal year.

The vote ends weeks of fighting over department funding and dashes a conservative effort to include language to defund President Obama’s executive orders on immigration.

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