House votes to block Obama's immigration action
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security while undoing President Obama's effort to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation.
The measure passed in a party-line vote, 236-191. The vote was largely symbolic though, as the bill faces long odds in the Senate and, should it pass there, a certain presidential veto.
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