DHS, Senate and Democrats
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The House of Representatives sent the last of its government funding bills over to the Senate, with only a week left before the next shutdown.
The House is voting Thursday on the remaining bills to fund the government as the deadline to avoid another shutdown nears.
The House unanimously passed an amendment to a government funding bill stripping senators swept up in the “Arctic Frost” investigation of the ability to sue the federal government for $500,000 in damages.
The House voted to repeal a Senate GOP measure allowing lawmakers to sue the government for $500K, attaching it to a funding bill that could keep the government open.
A provision in expansive Senate Bill 4 would remove the requirement that counties provide property tax funding to community mental health centers (CMHC). Why it matters: The 24 centers cover all 92 counties — providing inpatient and outpatient treatment,