John Boehner on Fox: I'm 'certainly' willing to let Homeland Security funding lapse

House Speaker John Boehner
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Sunday said he would allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse if the Senate can't approve the spending bill passed by the House.

"Certainly," he said when Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked if he was prepared to let the funding expire at the end of the month. "The House has acted. We've done our job."

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.