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Democrats block effort to derail immigration order
Source: USA Today
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked passage Tuesday of a Homeland Security spending bill that would have derailed President Obama's order to protect about 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
Senators voted 51-48 on a procedural motion to advance the bill. Republicans fell short of the 60 votes needed.
Unless a compromise on a new bill can be reached by the end of the month, funding for the Department of Homeland Security will expire and the agency will face a partial shutdown.
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/03/homeland-security-funding-immigration-executive-order/22796301/
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