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Republican Boehner pushes long-term spending to avoid shutdown fight
Source: Reuters
Republican Boehner pushes long-term spending to avoid shutdown fight
BY RICHARD COWAN AND DAVID LAWDER
WASHINGTON Tue Dec 2, 2014 11:52am EST
(Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans on Tuesday to pass a spending bill that funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30, 2015, avoiding a shutdown fight over President Barack Obama's immigration action.
At a closed meeting of House Republicans to plot strategy on how to handle a must-pass government spending bill, Boehner proposed including a short-term extension for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agency that will implement Obama's immigration order, Republicans said.
That would allow Republicans to revisit efforts to block Obama's immigration action by placing spending restrictions on DHS activities early next year.
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The political stakes are high for Republicans. After huge wins in Nov. 4 elections that will give them a majority in the Senate and a bigger majority in the House next year, Boehner and other Republican leaders want to demonstrate that they can govern and avoid a shutdown fight.
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BY RICHARD COWAN AND DAVID LAWDER
WASHINGTON Tue Dec 2, 2014 11:52am EST
(Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner urged fellow Republicans on Tuesday to pass a spending bill that funds most of the federal government through Sept. 30, 2015, avoiding a shutdown fight over President Barack Obama's immigration action.
At a closed meeting of House Republicans to plot strategy on how to handle a must-pass government spending bill, Boehner proposed including a short-term extension for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the agency that will implement Obama's immigration order, Republicans said.
That would allow Republicans to revisit efforts to block Obama's immigration action by placing spending restrictions on DHS activities early next year.
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The political stakes are high for Republicans. After huge wins in Nov. 4 elections that will give them a majority in the Senate and a bigger majority in the House next year, Boehner and other Republican leaders want to demonstrate that they can govern and avoid a shutdown fight.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/02/us-usa-congress-shutdown-boehner-idUSKCN0JG1MH20141202