US House speaker 'certainly' prepared for shutdown of Homeland Security
House Republicans have tagged anti-immigration stand onto Homeland Security spending plan
Washington
THE House speaker, John Boehner, has said he was "certainly" prepared to allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse, raising the possibility that one of the government's largest and most vital agencies could be shut down at the end of the month.
Coming just two months after Republicans gained full control of Congress, a shutdown would be a major political problem as the party tries to honour a vow to govern responsibly and cooperatively.
It would contradict a pledge from Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, who said the day after his party won decisively at the polls in November: "There will be no government shutdowns." And it would exacerbate a rift that has been growing between Republican…
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