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1st LD: U.S. House fails to pass short-term funding bill as DHS shutdown looms

Xinhua, February 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. House failed to pass a short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS) as the department was catapulting toward a partial shutdown in less than 7 hours.

The three-week funding bill, which would financially support the DHS till March 19, failed by 203-224 in the House and further complicated the solving of the crisis of DHS defunding.

Earlier on Friday, a clean DHS funding bill, offered by U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, passed by 68-31 in the Senate.

As the short-term funding bill failed to pass the House, the Senate clean bill was expected to be the last life-saving straw to prevent the shutdown.

However, House Speaker John Boehner was earlier mute about whether he would put the Senate bill up for a vote in the House. Endite