A partial federal authorities shutdown went into impact early Saturday. It got here hours after the Senate met a last-minute deadline to approve a revised bundle of presidency funding payments, however the Home is just not anticipated to approve the modifications till Monday on the earliest.
The Senate voted Friday to separate out prolonged funding for the Division of Homeland Safety after reaching a cope with the White Home to place that off for 2 weeks to barter Democratic calls for for restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, together with requiring brokers to put on physique cameras turned on and to put on no masks.
The vote was 71-29, with solely 5 Republicans voting in opposition to: Sens. Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Ron Johnson and Rick Scott.
Senate Majority Chief John Thune speaks on the ground of the Senate in Washington, Jan. 30, 2026.
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The invoice now heads to the Home, the place Speaker Mike Johnson is predicted to carry the bundle to the ground beneath suspension of the principles – requiring a two-thirds majority for passage.
That might require a powerful bipartisan vote with substantial help from each Republicans and Democrats to ship the invoice to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.
That Home vote on ultimate passage is predicted to happen Monday night.
The best way for the Senate to vote was cleared earlier Friday when Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham lifted his maintain after securing a dedication from Senate Majority Chief John Thune for a vote on banning sanctuary cities within the coming weeks.
Sen. Lindsey Graham speaks on the ground of the Senate in Washington, Jan. 30, 2026.
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Graham earlier Friday had outlined his calls for for lifting his maintain: a promise of a vote at a later date on his invoice to finish so-called sanctuary cities that resist the administration’s immigration insurance policies, and a vote associated to controversial Arctic Frost provisions, which permit members of Congress to sue the federal government if federal investigators acquire entry to their cellphone information with out their information. These provisions had been stripped out of the funding bundle initially handed by the Home.
In an announcement Friday afternoon, Graham stated Senate Majority Chief John Thune supported his situations.
“I’ll raise my maintain and vote for the bundle,” Graham stated.
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, the chamber’s prime Democrat, earlier Friday wouldn’t say whether or not he supported the spending settlement reached between Senate Democrats and the White Home.
Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries talks to reporters on the U.S. Capitol, January 30, 2026 in Washington.
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“There is no settlement that is been earlier than us,” Jeffries stated.
The settlement introduced Thursday would see a lot of the federal authorities funded by means of September, whereas DHS could be funded for 2 extra weeks at present spending ranges to permit lawmakers to barter on different provisions within the bundle.
The funding battle over DHS erupted within the aftermath of the demise of Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse, who was killed in a capturing involving federal regulation enforcement in Minneapolis over the weekend.
With Senate passage within the rear-view mirror, Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer laid out the pillars of reform to the Homeland Safety invoice that Democrats will battle to enact over the subsequent two weeks.
“The underside line may be very easy: the American persons are crying out for change,” Schumer stated instantly following the Senate vote Friday night. “This isn’t America, not America. And whenever you see these pictures, know that one thing is dramatically improper and it should change. We’re combating to vary it. Will our Republican colleagues be a part of us now?”
With solely two weeks to barter modifications, Schumer careworn that Democrats will demand an finish to roving patrols, implement accountability and mandate masks off and body-cameras turned on.
“If our colleagues aren’t keen to enact actual change, actual sturdy change, they need to not anticipate Democratic votes,” Schumer stated. “Now we have just a few days to ship actual progress for the American individuals, the eyes of the nation are watching.”
Schumer stated he intends to huddle with Thune to set the parameters of negotiations – not essentially President Trump.
“We will have a bunch of Democrats negotiate. We will have to barter with the Republicans to get this accomplished,” Schumer stated. “However as we have stated again and again, they should not anticipate our votes if they don’t seem to be keen to associate with sturdy laws.”
“We’d like Democrats and Republicans within the Senate to move this, so I will discuss to Thune,” he stated.
ABC Information’ Lalee Ibssa contributed to this report.
