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This R&D covers the current political debate surrounding the Department of Homeland Security. Republicans critical of President Obama’s executive action on immigration looked to cut funding for the Department, which created a crisis on Capitol Hill since Democrats refused to pass an appropriations bill without full funding. Two days ago, House Republicans conceded by passing a “clean” bill for the Department of Homeland Security, but critics question whether having a large bureaucracy to handle terrorist threats to the U.S. homeland is worth the cost.
House OKs Homeland Security funds as GOP gives up tactic on immigration http://t.co/kWH8daSTd9
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) March 4, 2015
Who needs the Department of Homeland Security anyway? @John_Hudson reports. http://t.co/oXjiTEENwU pic.twitter.com/YmWQlI4fmi
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) February 27, 2015
Do we really need a Department of Homeland Security in the first place? http://t.co/YDThbnFz2I pic.twitter.com/Rsiga1KedU
— National Review (@NRO) March 4, 2015
Why Homeland Security crisis is about much more than John Boehner (+video) http://t.co/YxUz1wF5WF
— CS Monitor (@csmonitor) March 4, 2015
Why shutting down the Department of Homeland Security would be a good idea http://t.co/sqHFnN5AVu
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 26, 2015
How House conservatives lost the Homeland Security fight http://t.co/KucROvai5Q
— TIME.com (@TIME) March 3, 2015
Homeland Security funding drama darkens U.S. fiscal outlook http://t.co/7ohemhNoyq
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) March 2, 2015
Signs of dysfunction in Congress go well beyond struggle to keep single Cabinet agency running: http://t.co/baMB8IEsMM
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 1, 2015
A winding path to funding Homeland Security http://t.co/wEDHnRc8Rc
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 28, 2015
Here comes the shutdown: House GOP fumbles Homeland Security funding vote http://t.co/gwdpRs1HQ4 pic.twitter.com/ui4JtVwm3O
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 27, 2015