Time for ‘Plan B’ as DHS talks drag ahead of funding deadline

Lawmakers made no apparent progress toward a deal Wednesday on an extension of Department of Homeland Security funding, and the Senate appears set to leave town Thursday despite the Feb. 13 deadline to avoid a partial shutdown of that agency

With both chambers on recess next week, the impasse means the department might be without a big chunk of its funding until at least the week of Feb. 23, unless there’s a breakthrough or leadership calls members back to Washington early.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said Wednesday that he wasn’t planning on keeping his chamber in town unless an agreement was close.

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