Partial Federal Shutdown Extends Through Tuesday, House Speaker Says

The partial authorities shutdown will proceed till no less than Tuesday, Feb. 3, in response to congressional leaders.

The Senate voted 71-29 on Jan. 30 to approve 5 extra fiscal 2026 spending payments by way of the tip of the fiscal 12 months on Sept. 30—and the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Safety for 2 weeks underneath a seamless decision—whereas lawmakers negotiate with the White Home and the administration so as to add modifications to that division spending invoice to rein in Immigration and Prospects Enforcement operations, which have led to widespread public outrage, accidents and no less than two deaths since mid-January in Minneapolis. 

But additionally caught up within the Homeland Safety funding controversy is the Federal Emergency Administration Company, which is a part of the division.  

Lawmakers authorised the six different appropriations payments in two batches in November and January, and people measures have since grow to be legislation. 

In an interview on NBC Information’ Meet the Press Feb. 1, Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stated he was “assured” that Republicans would vote to approve the Senate package deal of payments by Tuesday, then proceed to “negotiate in good religion” with leaders from each events to have the ability to fund Homeland Safety by way of the tip of the fiscal 12 months, which is Sept. 30, though he positioned the onus on Democrats to forestall one other partial shutdown. He stated the GOP is “prepared” to maintain the federal government operational and would conform to most modifications requested by Democrats, noting, nonetheless, that some sticking factors might stall progress. 

However in a post-vote press briefing Jan. 30, Senate Democratic Chief Charles Schumer (N.Y.) stated the chamber’s Democrats won’t vote to assist funding for the division past the two-week interval funding if the revised invoice doesn’t together with language requiring that ICE brokers be mask-free, required to put on physique cameras; have acceptable warrants previous to arrests and searches; and stop operation of roving patrols. 

“If our colleagues should not keen to enact actual change, actual sturdy change, they need to not anticipate Democratic votes. We’ve got only some days to ship actual progress for the American individuals.  I hope Republicans get critical or they may be taught as soon as once more they won’t have our votes,” Schumer stated.  

The 5 non-controversial spending payments, as soon as handed, will fund the departments of Protection, Transportation, Training, Nationwide Safety Administration, Well being and Human Companies, Training, State and Housing and City Improvement. 

One key invoice with trade significance is the $113-billion appropriations package deal funding the Transportation and Housing and City Improvement departments, by way of the tip of fiscal 2026. On the post-vote press briefing, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) famous that the conferenced invoice boosts funding for Amtrak, which had been focused to be zeroed out, and restores funding to the DOT’s Capital Funding Grant program for public transit and rail initiatives. The Trump administration had requested this system be reduce by 98% over fiscal 2025 enacted ranges. 

“The guardrails we secured for the [Capital Investment Grant program] are one in all a number of updates we fought for all through these payments to guard these funds from political interference if Trump and [OMB Director Russell] Vought attempt to rob our communities once more,” stated Murray, who serves as vice chair of the Appropriations Committee.