(Fox News) A stopgap bill to keep money flowing to the Homeland Security Department past a midnight deadline failed in the House late Friday, in a surprise turn of events that again raises the possibility of a partial agency shutdown.
The vote was 224-203 against the measure, as 52 Republicans defected and joined Democrats in opposing the leadership-backed legislation.
The first group was upset because the legislation had been stripped of changes to President Obama's immigration policy, and the second because it lacked full-year funding for the sprawling department.