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Urgent: U.S. avoids DHS shutdown with 7-day extension of funding bill

Xinhua, February 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. House on Friday passed a 7-day funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), saving it from a partial shutdown at midnight.

The new bill buys time for Congress to figure out a longer-term funding solution for the DHS. Endi