memeorandum: House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security (Ashley Parker/New York Times)

9:25 AM ET, February 28, 2015

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John Boehner scrambles for Plan B — Boehner and the GOP leadership searching for a way to keep DHS from shutting down at midnight. — What's the Plan B? — After 52 GOP lawmakers brought down a three-week spending bill for the agency, House Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team …

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:

STUNNER: House GOP Votes Down Own Bill To Avert Shutdown — WASHINGTON — In a huge embarrassment for Republican leaders, the House voted down their bill Friday to avert a Homeland Security shutdown hours before the midnight deadline. — The House GOP plan was to pass a three-week stopgap bill …

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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:

Chaos in House as lawmakers reject DHS bill; shutdown nears — A short-term funding measure to keep the Department of Homeland Security open (DHS) was defeated on Friday in a stunning vote that could result in a partial government shutdown at midnight. — The bill failed 203-224 …

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Ashley Parker / New York Times:

House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security — WASHINGTON — Republicans vowing to govern effectively as a congressional majority failed a fundamental test Friday, when House leaders managed to narrowly pass only a seven-day funding extension to avert a partial shutdown …

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CNN:

DHS funding expected to run out as key House vote fails — Washington (CNN)A Washington fight over immigration is poised to cut off funding for the Department of Homeland Security and leave border agents, TSA screeners and tens of thousands of other federal workers charged with keeping …

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Emma Dumain / Roll Call:

House GOP Fails to Advance 3-Week DHS Funding Bill — House Republicans fell short of votes to advance a three-week bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security Friday evening, 203-224. — Just hours before the agency is set to shut down, GOP leaders must now decide whether to risk …

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:

Obama Prepares For DHS Shutdown — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama convened a meeting with key administration officials on Friday evening to prepare for an expected shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security after the House rejected a bill in the afternoon to fund the department.

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Politico:
Congress passes one-week DHS fix

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Jeb Bush was very, very good at CPAC today — Did people walk out when Jeb Bush started speaking at CPAC today in Maryand? Sure. Did he get heckled and booed at times during his q and a with conservative commentator Sean Hannity? Sure. Did Bush more than hold his own with an audience …

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
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Brett LoGiurato / Fusion:
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Virginia Heffernan / New York Times:

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NASA:

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Scott Walker Wants Colleges to Stop Reporting Sexual Assaults — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposed budget—which would cut $300 million dollars out of the state's beloved public university system—has a non-fiscal bombshell tucked in between its insane pages.

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Zach Noble / TheBlaze.com:
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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
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Kasie Hunt / msnbc.com:
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BBC:

Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead — A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say. — An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say.

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Washington Post:
Putin critic, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow

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New York Times:

White House Offers Rebuttal Before Netanyahu's Speech — WASHINGTON — Just four days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress, the Obama administration sought on Friday to refute the Israeli leader's expected critique, arguing that he has failed …

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:

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