So What? Will we really notice a shutdown of the DHS?

It is a superfluous, unnecessary bureaucratic overlay pushed through by Bush after 9/11. All it does is add another big bureaucratic layer to existing bloated bureaucracies. It has been on a power and funding grab binge ever since with a goal to control the citizenry rather than protection. m/r

John Boehner Blows Kisses to the Press, Won't Budge on DHS - NationalJournal.com

by Marina Koren 2-16-15

Funding for the department expires at midnight on Friday.

With less than two days to go before a Homeland Security Department shutdown, John Boehner isn't blinking.

"We passed a bill to fund the department six weeks ago. Six weeks ago!" the House speaker said during a press conference Thursday. "It's time for the Senate to act. How many times do I have to say it?" …

… McConnell had attempted to push through a House-passed funding bill four times, but Senate Democrats blocked it each time because of the immigration language. 

"Yesterday, the White House press secretary said that this was a fight amongst Republicans. It is not a fight amongst Republicans," Boehner said on Thursday. "All Republicans agree that we want to fund the Department of Homeland Security and we want to stop the president's actions in response to immigration."

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