House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills
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The House of Representatives sent the last of its government funding bills over to the Senate, with only a week left before the next shutdown.
Congressional Republicans have agreed to cut funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and impose new restrictions on the agency in order to secure a bipartisan deal to fund the government and avoid a shutdown — a concession that comes even as President Donald Trump escalates ICE enforcement nationwide.
Congressional negotiators in both parties released a massive bill aimed at fully funding the government ahead of a shutdown deadline on Jan. 30.