A standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues, with the agency shut down for over five weeks. Hardline House conservatives, particularly the Freedom Caucus, are threatening to block a Senate-passed bill that would reopen DHS but excludes specific funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). They demand any funding bill must also include provisions for voter ID requirements and money for border patrol and
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