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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

US can expect hours-long airport lines to continue as Democrats thwart DHS funding measure in shutdown standoff

Democrats in Washington on Thursday voted down another bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security after offering several unsuccessful attempts to fund parts of the agency through a shutdown that began last month.

The Senate voted largely along party lines to kill the measure Thursday afternoon before lawmakers departed for the weekend. Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, was the only member to cross party lines and vote to fully fund the agency. All Republicans voted in line with their party.

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