Another government shutdown has started, but a Senate breakthrough over DHS funding means it may be brief
(Yahoo News) The Senate on Friday night passed a bipartisan government funding agreement that came too late to prevent a shutdown, but set the stage for the government to reopen after only a few days.
The clock had been ticking for Congress to avoid another lengthy government shutdown, as lawmakers worked to finalize a plan to break an impasse over Department of Homeland Security funding in the wake of last weekend’s fatal shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officials. That agreement came together, but the government still officially ran out of money at midnight on Friday.
Friday’s vote was the latest twist in a back-and-forth saga over the past two weeks that at times raised serious concerns that Congress could be heading for another prolonged stalemate over government funding.
As recently as last week, Congress appeared to be on track to avoid a shutdown entirely. But after Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents on Saturday, Democrats began insisting that they would block any bill that provides more funding to the DHS, the agency that oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
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