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Democrats Revolt Against Funding Homeland Security Triggering Likely Shutdown
The Senate failed to advance a full-year appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday afternoon after Democrats pledged to withhold their votes until the party’s sweeping demands reining…
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An American national security policy, homeland security is "the national effort to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards where American interests, aspirations, and ways of life can thrive" to the "national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce the vulnerability of the U.S. to terrorism, and minimize the damage from attacks that do occur." According to an official work published by the Congressional Research Service in 2013, the "Homeland security" term's definition has varied over time.
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