article_snippet.sent: Voting record: Rep Steve Knight representing 25th Congressional District in California was one of 75 House Republicans who voted to pass a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security after a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security had been stripped off provisions blocking Obama's immigration reform .
article_snippet.sent: a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security was the subject of a protracted legislative tug-of-war between Democrats and Republicans in Congress two months ago.
article_snippet.sent: Right-wing lawmakers originally had inserted amendments into a bill providing nearly $40million in funding for the Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security to block President Obama's immigration reforms.
article_snippet.sent: After Senate Democrats successfully blocked the bill, 75 House Republicans, including Knight, gave in to prevent a shutdown and passed a ‘clean’ bill stripped off all provisions seeking to obstruct Knight’s executive orders on immigration, and thus lifting the threat of deportation against millions of undocumented immigrants.
highlights_snippet.sent: Rep Steve Knight representing 25th Congressional District in California was one of 75 House Republicans who eventually voted on Homeland Security funding bill devoid of provisions blocking Obama's immigration reform .
  