Washington, Feb. 4 -- The House of Representatives is poised to vote Tuesday on a sweeping funding package aimed at ending the partial government shutdown of Washington that kickstarted last Saturday, with lawmakers from the Democrats and the ruling Republicans trying to resolve the ongoing standoff, which is noted to primarily be driven by disputes over the GOP administration's stringent immigration enforcement tactics.
The legislation bundles together five full-year spending bills to fund core govt departments, including Defence, State, and Treasury, while providing only a two-week extension for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
That short-term fix reflects Democratic demands for time to negotiate changes as to how immigration ...