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Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called for an independent commission to look into the death tolls in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Hispanic lawmakers call for commission to study reported under counting of death toll in Puerto Rico Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus called for an independent commission to look into the death tolls in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
With no signs of any deal to restore funding for the federal government, lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be back for a rare Sunday session, with no real signs of an agreement to end the first government shutdown since 2013, as both parties continued to point the finger of blame at each other. The main stumbling block continues to be immigration, and what to do about hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrant Dreamers in the United States, who were protected under the Obama Administration's DACA program, which was ended by the Trump Administration in October.
A New York Republican is adding his name to the growing list of lawmakers who want to see local law enforcement reimbursed for the costs associated with protecting President Donald Trump when he isn't at the White House.