Senate passes bill to resolve shutdown clash, punting on DHS for two weeks

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WASHINGTON — With time running out to prevent a government shutdown, the Senate passed legislation Friday that would fund most departments through the end of September, with one exception : The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration enforcement. DHS is funded on a short-term basis for just two weeks, a demand by Democrats as they insist on changes to rein in ICE and Customs and Border Protection after two high-profile killings of American citizens in Minneapolis by

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