Senate Dems Block Homeland Security Funding Bill

Published February 3, 2015 8:29pm ET



On Tuesday, Democrats took advantage of the Senate’s filibuster rules to block a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security through the fiscal year. The bill, which passed the House of Representatives last month, would fund the department at current levels but block funding for implementing President Obama’s December 2014 executive order on immigration.

ABC News reports that just 51 senators voted to close debate on the bill, with every Democrat voting against cloture and effectively blocking the Senate’s ability to hold a vote on the legislation:

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