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GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: The House Rules Committee is meeting today about setting up a floor vote on the government funding package. A vote on final passage is expected tomorrow. The federal government partially shut down over the weekend after senators advanced the bill without Department of Homeland Security funding.
The U.S. government partially shut down Saturday morning after Congress failed to pass legislation to keep it funded.
A partial government shutdown began Saturday, so what's the latest to reopen? Does the House vote today? Senate? Here's the latest on the shutdown.
The House plans to vote to end the government shutdown on Tuesday.
Under the plan approved by the Senate, DHS would be funded temporarily to Feb. 13, setting up a deadline for Congress to find consensus restricting ICE operations.
The funding deal addresses concerns Democrats have about funding the Department of Homeland Security because of enforcement actions in Minnesota.
The Senate failed to advance legislation to fund major portions of the government as talks over reforming ICE continue.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) called the Senate “very corrupt” amid a partial government shutdown and in the wake of some recent tensions between the chambers of Congress. “I also have respect