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1st LD: U.S. House passes clean funding bill for Homeland Security Department

Xinhua, March 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a clean funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Sept. 30 without any provisions to roll back U.S. President Barack Obama's contested 2014 executive actions on immigration, ending a month- long partisan gridlock that threatened a partial shutdown in the security agency.

The 257-167 vote sends the bill to Obama to be signed into law.

Obama has said he will sign the funding bill for DHS, which spearheads domestic counterterrorism efforts. Endite