Sources: House to Vote on Security Bill Without Immigration Provisions

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told Republicans the House would vote later on Tuesday on a Senate bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year without restrictions on President Barack Obama's immigration actions, members at the meeting said. The vote would likely end the legislative confrontation over funding for the agency that spearheads domestic counterterrorism operations. The department's current spending authority ends...

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