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Senate Tees Up Funding Deal Vote as Partial Shutdown Expected Over Weekend

Even if the Senate passes the package, it would not be in time to avert a partial shutdown on Saturday as it still needs to be approved by the House.
Senate Tees Up Funding Deal Vote as Partial Shutdown Expected Over Weekend
The U.S. Capitol building after a snowstorm in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman,Joseph Lord,Nathan Worcester
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WASHINGTON—The Senate on Friday will vote on government funding legislation after a deal was reached between the White House and Senate Democrats on Thursday evening.
If the upper chamber passes the package, a partial government shutdown is expected to take effect over the weekend before the House returns from recess on Monday to take up any Senate-passed funding plan.
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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