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Senate Fails to Advance Funding Package Ahead of Shutdown Deadline

Democrats have demanded that DHS funding be separated from the package and that changes be made to immigration enforcement practices.
Senate Fails to Advance Funding Package Ahead of Shutdown Deadline
The U.S. Capitol building after a snowstorm in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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Nathan Worcester
Nathan Worcester
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WASHINGTON—The Senate failed to advance a spending package on Jan. 29 after Democrats said they would not support the measure because it included funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), increasing the odds of a partial government shutdown.

The stalled vote comes amid heightened scrutiny and protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the wake of two fatal shootings in Minneapolis.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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