House approves federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security through September

The House approved federal funding Thursday afternoon for the Department of Homeland Security that will keep it operational through the end of September, but the bill will still need to be approved by the Senate.

The stand-alone appropriations bill was passed in a bipartisan 220-207 split. The House later passed a package of the final three appropriation bills. The Senate has just passed six of the 12 funding bills so far.

Seven Democrats voted with nearly all House Republicans to pass the bill, including Reps. Jared Golden of Maine, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Don Davis of North Carolina and Laura Gillen of New York. 

Kentucky GOP Rep. Thomas Massie voted with the Democrats. 

The Department of Homeland Security bill includes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Customs and Border Protection. 

“It has some additional provisions for body cameras, for extra training, things like that, that we think will increase the professionalism, but it’s a good, solid bill,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole told Politico on Wednesday.

The other package will fund the Pentagon and the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor and Transportation. 

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