the house of representatives  approved full fiscal year funding for the united states' domestic security  agency on tuesday, dealing a blow to conservative republicans  who wanted congress to hold out for a bill that included language blocking president  barack obama's recent executive orders on immigration the house, 257 167, backed a senate passed funding  bill stripped of any immigration provisions, ending a bitter  fight that raised new questions about house speaker john  boehner's ability to manage fractious conservatives, who accused him of 'capitulation' after the tuesday vote  obama has said he will sign the funding bill for the  department of homeland security, which spearheads domestic  counterterrorism efforts spending authority for the department  was scheduled to end at midnight on friday house speaker john boehner of ohio walks to the house chamber on tuesday as it votes on funding for the homeland security department without provisions attached to counter president barack obama's executive actions on immigration  they suffered embarrassing internal divisions that left the country within hours of a partial agency shutdown last week but passed a full fiscal year funding bill today  the agency came within hours of a partial shutdown last week but the house approved a one week extension of funding that was later approved by voice vote in the senate and signed into law by the president the drama began in december when the legislative branch passed a measure appropriating money to every single government agency through sept 30 but dhs, which it only funded through the end of february republicans hoped that once they took the majority in january they would have the resources to use the spending bill as a cudgel against democrats yet after weeks of bickering, boehner ultimately found himself last week  with few    if any   viable procedural options to keep the agency open while  also satisfying conservatives who wanted the funding bill to  block obama's executive actions last year lifting the threat of  deportation for millions of undocumented residents senate democrats had repeatedly blocked a house passed bill  that included the immigration provisions, while obama and  democrats backed a 'clean' funding bill passed by the senate 'what direction do we have?' house majority leader kevin mccarthy told reporters on tuesday meanwhile, many of the gop's rank and file seemed ready for the whole debacle to be over 'it's time to move forward and stop playing these silly games,' rep charlie dent, a moderate pennsylvania republican, said 'let's prove to the american people that we're serious about protecting this homeland and that we have the capacity to govern' 'sanity is prevailing i do give john boehner credit,' new york rep peter king said rep mike simpson of idaho said he's against obama's immigration directives, but the 'security of the homeland is one of our highest priorities' several republicans said they would be better served by  putting their energy into legal strategies to overturn obama's  immigration actions, which have been put on hold by the courts 'this is where we must focus our actions,' said republican  rep mike simpson of idaho senate democratic leader harry reid applauded the passage of the house bill while opining that 'many weeks were wasted on political games that left us staring a homeland security shutdown square in the face' 'if this ordeal teaches us one thing, it is that for the sake of our country we must stop governing by crisis,' he said, calling it an 'unnecessary showdown' 'common ground should be something we seek, not run away from – especially when the security of our nation is at stake if we are going to get anything done, we must not be afraid of working together' taking a victory lap, virginia democrat tim kaine said in a statement that he looked forward to working with his fellow senators reforming the immigration process 'now that dhs funding is no longer being held hostage over the president’s immigration executive action' department of homeland security chief jeh johnson said early tuesday evening in a statement that congress 'has done a good thing' the obama administration official thanked members 'who showed the leadership necessary to get the job done' and gave dhs personnel a 'vote of confidence in the importance of their work' 'now our men and women can return to the vital work of combatting terrorism, ensuring border security, port security, aviation security, cybersecurity, and our other vital homeland security missions, without the uncertainty of a furlough or a delayed paycheck hanging over their heads,' he said boehner went from high flying on tuesday to chagrined he's pictured here on tuesday morning with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after a joint meeting of congress on capitol hill sen orrin hatch of utah applauds at right  some conservatives said the house was making a mistake  by caving to democrats' demands in the immigration battle 'yes, the recent court action gives us some hope that the judicial branch will finally rein in this lawless president,' alabama rep martha roby said in a statement 'however, i believe congress had a responsibility to use its appropriations authority to stop this lawlessness and uphold the checks and balances that exist to protect liberty' 'this is a very, very sad day,' said republican  representative matt salmon of arizona 'if we're not going to  fight now, when are we going to fight?' conservative firebrand steve king of iowa argued that 'this is the signal of capitulation' 'the mood of this thing is such that to bring it back from the abyss is very difficult' house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte said he voted against the bill because 'the stakes are too high to surrender' 'this fight is not about immigration; it’s about the constitution and preserving the rule of law,' he asserted 'if we don’t stop president obama’s executive overreach on immigration, future presidents will continue to expand the power of the executive branch and encroach upon individual liberty goodlatte, a virginia republicans, said congress must use 'all the tools' at its 'disposal to stop the president’s egregious abuse of authority' his committee will consider a bill later this week that would prohibit the federal government from using funds to enact obama's mandates 'we must do all we can within our constitutional authority to stop president obama’s lawlessness,' he said alabama sen jeff sessions, the greatest detractor of obama's immigration actions in the upper chamber, vowed on tuesday to keep battling 'when it comes to defending our sovereignty there is no 'moving on,' ' he said just before the house vote 'now is not the time for recrimination; now is the time for renewed determination' 'those who think this fight is over could not be more mistaken; it is only beginning,' he stated senate minority leader harry reid, center, flanked by senator chuck schumer, left, and dick durbin, right, is pictured here on tuesday at the capitol reid applauded the passage of the house bill on tuesday while opining that 'many weeks were wasted on political games that left us staring a homeland security shutdown square in the face' boehner told  republican house members at a meeting on tuesday that he wished they had more time to battle obama but it was  time to allow a vote on the provision free senate bill 'i am as outraged and frustrated as you at the lawless and unconstitutional actions of this president,' boehner told his caucus, according to aides who spoke to the associated press however, he said, 'i believe this decision — considering where we are — is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country' 'imagine if, god forbid, another terrorist attack hits the united states' rep luke messer of indiana, who chairs the republican policy committee, offered a similar version of events to reuters 'the speaker made the case that he had hoped to continue to  fight for three more weeks obviously we didn't win that vote  last week, so we are where we are' 'it's disappointing i had hoped we'd be able to continue to  fight,' he said boehner allowed the use of a procedural motion to bring up  the senate's funding bill, which passed the house with support  from both moderate republicans and house democrats the bill provides nearly $40 billion in funding for the  agency, created after the sept 11, 2001 attacks, that secures  us borders, airports, coastal waters and other critical  facilities without the funding, the agency would have been forced to  furlough about 30,000 employees, or about 15 percent of the  agency's workforce about 200,000 others would have stayed  on the job without pay, including airport and border security  agents
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it was a blow to republicans who wanted congress to hold out for a bill that included language blocking president obama's immigration orders . the house, 257 167, backed a senate passed funding bill stripped of any immigration provisions, ending a bitter fight on capitol hill . money for the department was scheduled to run out at midnight on friday . 'this is a very, very sad day,' said republican rep matt salmon of arizona 'if we're not going to fight now, when are we going to fight?'. rep steve king of iowa argued that 'this is the signal of capitulation'. senate democratic leader harry reid called the ordeal an 'unnecessary showdown'. dhs chief jeh johnson thanked members 'who showed the leadership necessary to get the job done'