The Department of Homeland Security may actually shut down tonight

[applegrove]

The Department of Homeland Security may actually shut down tonight

by Dara Lind at the Vox

http://www.vox.com/2015/2/24/8102237/homeland-security-shutdown

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1. Late on Friday afternoon, the House of Representatives failed to pass a bill to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security for another three weeks.

2. That makes it substantially more likely that Congress will not be able to pass a funding plan before midnight.

3. If that happens, DHS will go into shutdown mode
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Some Republicans and members of the press have been trying to minimize the impact of the shutdown, by emphasizing the fact that 85 percent of DHS employees will still report to work (though they won't get paid until after the shutdown ends). Meanwhile, DHS officials have been warning that a shutdown could imperil national security (and hyping terrorist threats, such as a supposed al-Shabaab plot to target American malls). "It's absurd that we're even having this conversation about Congress's inability to fund Homeland Security in these challenging times," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson told CNN.

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[C_U_L8R]

1. They can't even pass a 3 week bill !!!

Republican nincompoops !! Throw them the F out !!

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Wow! And to think tons of TSA folks were never made whole from the last

Rethug F---up. Most of them ended up doing Pay Day Loans or had to hit their rellies for cash. There goes what ever credit score that they had left.

[Romeo.lima333]

3. what a bunch of yahoos

[avebury]

4. I feel sorry for employees that won't get paid, other then that

it does not bother me at all that they shut down.

[DCBob]

5. Boehner still has the option to bring up the Senate bill for vote.

That could be voted on immediately according Chris van Holen.

[applegrove]

6. House failed to pass law...

CNN Breaking News email: :The House has failed to pass a three-week extension of funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The vote was 203-224.

The department will run out of money at midnight, putting thousands of workers on furlough without pay. While Obama administration officials say short-term security impacts will be minimal, they warn of potential issues in the long-term.

The Senate earlier Friday cleared a "clean" DHS bill stripped of provisions opposed by Democrats that would have blocked President Barack Obama's recent executive orders on immigration."

[daredtowork]

7. The President Needs to Get the Secret Service Out

of this dysfunctional organization. Then disband it all together. End the Security State. Then tell Congress: "In Your Face."

[adigal]

8. DHS is absurd..how many Americans have died on our soil the last ten years?

Right. Zero.

How many have died from guns? Hundreds of thousands.

Bread and circuses. And fear.