US EditionTrump Says He’s Working with Democrats to Avert Government Shutdown
Senate reached a bipartisan deal to fund DHS for two weeks amid calls for immigration enforcement reforms following two fatal shootings by federal agents, Democrats said.
- On Jan. 30, President Donald Trump said he is working with Congress to fully fund the government and added, `Hopefully we won't have a shutdown` at a White House Cabinet meeting.
- Senate Democrats on Jan. 28 outlined three DHS reform demands, including changes to ICE and CBP, after blocking funding following two Minneapolis protesters' deaths.
- The Senate reached a short-term deal to separate homeland security funding, approving a two-week DHS funding extension while a shutdown test vote failed 55-45 with all Democrats and seven Republicans opposing.
- A partial government shutdown could start at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 31, and the Office of Management and Budget warned federal agencies to expect a brief funding lapse.
- House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said the earliest floor action probably won't come until Monday, with logistical challenges due to the House recess and a thin margin.
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Partial Shutdown Begins: Why the House Missed the Midnight Deadline
Washington woke up to a partial federal government shutdown early Saturday after lawmakers missed a midnight deadline to approve new funding. The lapse followed days of tense negotiations centered on money for the Department of Homeland Security. Here’s the thing. Most of the government was set to keep operating under a short-term spending plan that cleared the Senate late Friday. That bill would have funded federal agencies through the next bud…
Senate passes deal to fund government, negotiate ICE limits | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WASHINGTON >> The Senate passed a bipartisan spending package Friday to fund most of the government and keep the Department of Homeland Security running for two weeks while Democrats and President Donald Trump negotiate restrictions on the administration’s immigration crackdown.
Federal government heads for weekend shutdown after Trump makes rare deal with Senate Democrats over DHS funding
The Senate voted Friday to fund most of the government through the end of September after President Donald Trump made a deal with Democrats to carve out Homeland Security funding and allow Congress to debate new restrictions on federal immigration raids across the country. With a weekend shutdown looming, Trump made the rare deal with Senate Democrats on Thursday in the wake of the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minne…
Partial Government Shutdown to Begin This Weekend
The federal government is poised to enter a partial shutdown just after midnight on Friday, a lapse that lawmakers in both parties say is likely to last only through the weekend. The expected shutdown comes even as the Senate was moving Friday evening to pass a bipartisan spending package that would keep most of the government funded through the end of the fiscal year while buying two more weeks to negotiate new limits on the Administration’s im…
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US Senate votes on funding deal - but shutdown still imminent
US senators began voting Friday on a deal backed by President Donald Trump to avert the worst impact of an imminent government shutdown, after a Republican holdout lifted his block following tense talks.
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