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Congress is halfway home in approving government funding for the current budget year that began Oct. 1 after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a three-bill package on Thursday. Now comes the hard part. Lawmakers still must negotiate a spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security amid soaring tensions on Capitol Hill after the shooting of a Minnesota woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. Democrats are seeking what Rep. Rosa DeLauro called “guardrails” that would come with funding for ICE. But Republicans say any changes to the Homeland Security funding bill would need sign-on from the White House.