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Congress Passes Short-Term Spending Bill with No DREAM Act

HeadlineDec 22, 2017

In news from Capitol Hill, the Senate has approved a short-term spending measure to avert a government shutdown. The bill included a temporary extension of the Children’s Health Insurance Program, but it did not include the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. On Thursday, eight DACA recipients and five allies were arrested inside the U.S. Capitol as they urged Democratic lawmakers to take action.

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