A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appeared certain Thursday as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break and negotiations with the White House over Democrats’ demands for new restrictions had stalled.
Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote in favor of advancing a bill that would have provided a year’s worth of funding to the agency. By a vote of 52 to 47, the bill failed to meet a 60-vote margin required to move forward. That made a Friday-night shutdown of numerous DHS agencies, including those that oversee airline
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