(MENAFN- QNA) US House approved a bill to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year.
The 257-167, with some Republicans joining Democrats in the vote, sends the bill to President Barack Obama for his signature. A majority of House Republicans opposed the bill. 75 GOP lawmakers joined with 182 Democrats to pass it.
The measure, which has also cleared the Senate, will not target Obama's executive actions on immigration, giving Democrats what they have long demanded and potentially enraging conservatives bent on fighting the president's directives, The Washington Post said.
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