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A government shutdown is all but guaranteed after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says the earliest action on a Senate-passed spending bill would be Monday.
The House is up to bat after the Senate passed a funding deal that sharply split Democrats and has immigration hawks threatening to vote “no,” a headache for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that could prolong a government shutdown that began at midnight on Saturday.
House Republicans are warning the Senate against making any changes to a government funding package that includes funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), saying any reforms sought by Democrats would not clear the House and would lead to a government shutdown at the end of the week.
Democrats are poised to trigger government shutdown if White House won't meet demands for ICE reform
Senate Democrats are poised to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies
With a partial government shutdown looming, Senate Democrats laid out a list of demands Wednesday for the Department of Homeland Security, including an enforceable code of conduct for federal agents conducting immigration arrests and a requirement that officers show identification as the country reels from the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis.
The latest ICE murder produces a unified Senate Democratic Caucus blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security until strict limits are set.
House Republicans are balking at an emerging Senate deal to quell a Democrat rebellion over funding the Department of Homeland Security.
Senate Democrats are threatening to block legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday, potentially bringing the government a step closer to a partial shutdown if Republicans and the White House do not agree to new restrictions on President Donald Trump's surge of immigration enforcement.