4 issues to watch as Homeland Security funding fight escalates

Congress is staring at a steep climb to finalizing a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as progressives and conservatives each try to throw their weight after the shootings by federal agents in Minneapolis. 

The House aims to send the five-bill minibus and a two-week DHS continuing resolution to President Trump’s desk by Tuesday, with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) facing a difficult road to get there. 

Even so, his lift might be nothing compared with the potential landmines that negotiators will face in trying to pull off a full-year DHS bill. 

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