US government enters partial shutdown
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says it'll be a few days before a government funding package comes up for a vote, almost certainly extending the government shutdown.
Democrats pushing for immigration-enforcement changes say they won’t help GOP pass measure.
House leaders are aiming to expedite consideration of the Senate's deal to fund the government as a shutdown looms after midnight.
Reviews of "Melania" were creating more buzz than the latest government shutdown. What once seemed cataclysmic is now nearly routine.
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday he believes he has the Republican votes to end a partial government shutdown within days and that the chamber will debate Immigration and Customs Enforcement reforms for two weeks after that.
A partial government shutdown is expected this weekend as Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blocks the Senate's passage of Trump-backed funding package, calling it a "bad deal."
With the House not voting until Monday, the Pentagon and most domestic agencies are set to shutter briefly.
Senate leaders were scrambling to save a bipartisan spending deal and avert a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday as Democrats have demanded new restrictions on federal immigration raids ac
Another government shutdown began over the weekend, as pressure shifts to the House to get a partial funding measure across the finish line. The House will return to Washington on Monday, when GOP leadership will face an uphill battle to reopen the government after House Democrats indicated Saturday that they will not help pass