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End in sight to showdown over US security funding US security funding approved without immigration rollback
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The US House of Representatives will vote on a so-called 'clean' funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday. The US House of Representatives has approved a so-called "clean" funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday.
The bill will not include language that would rollback President Barack Obama's recent immigration reforms. The bill does not include language that would roll back President Barack Obama's recent immigration reforms.
The vote could end an impasse between the White House and conservative Republicans over the reforms, that nearly shut the department last week. The vote ends an impasse between the White House and conservative Republicans over the reforms, that nearly shut the department last week.
The agency received funding for a week in an 11th-hour vote on Friday. The bill passed 257 to 167 with 74 Republicans supporting the measure.
Speaker of the House John Boehner told Republican members about the planned vote on Tuesday. Passage of the bill marks the end of the Republican's strategy to use funding for the department as a bargaining chip in the debate over immigration, and a political victory for the White House.
The issue has created rift in the Republican Party and has threatened Mr Boehner's position as the leader of the House. "There might be a Republican majority in both houses of Congress - but that doesn't mean the president has to bend to their will. In this arm wrestle, the president seems to have come out on top," the BBC's North America Editor Jon Sopel said.
In recent weeks, conservative republicans have pushed to include language that would permanently halt immigration reforms announced by the White House in November. The issue has created a rift in the Republican Party and has threatened Mr Boehner's position as the leader of the House.
Mr Obama, citing lack cooperation from Congress on the issue of immigration, said he would use his executive authorities to protect millions of immigrants from deportation. In recent weeks, conservative Republicans had pushed to include language that would permanently halt immigration reforms announced by the White House in November.
Mr Obama, citing a lack of co-operation from Congress on the issue of immigration, said he would use his executive authorities to protect millions of immigrants from deportation.
"I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of of this president," Mr Boehner is said to have told fellow Republicans when he announced the vote."I am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of of this president," Mr Boehner is said to have told fellow Republicans when he announced the vote.
Passage of the bill would mark the end of the Republican's strategy to use funding for the department as a bargaining chip in the debate over immigration, and a political victory for the White House. Funding for the department has been the subject of controversy since the newly Republican-controlled Congress sat in January.
"There might be a republican majority in both houses of Congress - but that doesn't mean the President has to bend to their will. In this arm wrestle, the President seems to have come out on top," the BBC's North America Editor Jon Sopel said. A partial shutdown of the department was averted last Friday when Congress passed a one-week funding bill in a rare late-night vote.
Reaction to the decision to bring the bill to a vote has highlighted the split in the party.
"This is the signal of capitulation," said Representative Steve King, a conservative Republican from Iowa.
"Sanity is prevailing. I do give John Boehner credit," Representative Peter King of New York said in contrast.
Funding for the department has been the subject of controversy since the newly Republican-controlled congress sat in January.
A partial shutdown of the department was averted last Friday when congress passed a one-week funding bill in a rare late-night vote.
The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for securing US borders, airports and coastal waters.The Department of Homeland Security is responsible for securing US borders, airports and coastal waters.
A court recently put a temporary halt on part of the president's immigration reforms. The Department of Justice is seeking a stay of that decision.A court recently put a temporary halt on part of the president's immigration reforms. The Department of Justice is seeking a stay of that decision.