The Senate just failed to pass a bill to fund Department of Homeland Security by forcing President Obama to undo his executive actions to protect unauthorized immigrants from deportation. One Republican Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) noted with Democrats against the bill. Congress and the President need to agree on a plan to fund DHS sometime before February 27th, when its current funding runs out. If they can't agree on a funding Bill, DHS will be in a technical shutdown - but around 85 percent of the Department will keep coming to work as "essential" government workers or employees of Fee-Funded Agencies. For more information on this update http://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7553521/republican-dhs-shutdown.
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