House passes massive spending bill in bid to thwart election year shutdown

he Congressional Progressive Caucus is also pushing to strip the Homeland Security spending bill from the massive $1.4 trillion minibus, with some members loath to fund the agencies charged with implementing the president's immigration agenda and carrying out paramilitary action in Oregon and Washington state.

But the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is backing the Homeland Security bill and top appropriators have no plans to yank it from the floor. CHC Chair Joaquín Castro (D-Texas), Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.), Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and others have also submitted an amendment that would rein in the administration's efforts to quell protests in Oregon and Washington.

"We really can't afford not to pass this," Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), the chair of the House Homeland Security spending panel, told POLITICO on Friday. "We need to send a very clear message to DHS that this isn't business as usual. They have to be held accountable and there's going to be consequences."