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     Sources: House to Vote on Security Bill Without Immigration Provisions

   by Reuters

   U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told Republicans the
   House would vote later on Tuesday on a Senate bill to fund the
   Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year without
   restrictions on President Barack Obama's immigration actions, members
   at the meeting said.

   The vote would likely end the legislative confrontation over funding
   for the agency that spearheads domestic counterterrorism operations.
   The department's current spending authority ends at midnight on Friday.

   Conservative House Republicans have demanded the spending legislation
   include language that would block Obama's executive orders lifting the
   threat of deportation for millions of undocumented residents, but Obama
   and Democrats have backed the so-called 'clean' funding bill passed by
   the Senate.

   Last Friday, the House voted to keep the lights on at the agency for
   one week to give them more time to work out a strategy for battling
   Obama's immigration actions, but Boehner told Republican House members
   at a meeting on Tuesday that he would allow a vote on the Senate bill.

   Senate Democrats have repeatedly blocked the House-passed bill that
   includes the immigration provisions. The clean Senate bill is likely to
   pass the House with support from moderate Republicans and House
   Democrats. Obama has said he would sign it.

   The bill provides nearly $40 billion in funding for the agency that
   secures U.S. borders, airports and coastal waters. Without it, the
   agency would be forced to furlough about 30,000 employees, or about 15
   percent of the workforce.
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