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OBAMA WARNS SECURITY FUNDING LAPSE WOULD HURT THE ECONOMY

Senate Republicans started a short-term funding extension for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a possible option to deal with a stalled spending bill. the Senate has failed for the 4th time to advance a very large bill to fund the agency. Republicans are trying to block Obama's recent immigration orders. Democrats have repeated their call for "clean" bill free of immigration restrictions. if Homeland Security spending is cut off, the department's essential protective staff would stay on the job, but there would be no more money to pay them until new funding is approved.