What to Know About the Partial Government Shutdown

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What to Know About the Partial Government Shutdown
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Feb. 2, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—A partial government shutdown took effect on Jan. 31 after Congress failed to enact funding legislation before the deadline.

The Senate had passed a funding package a day earlier, but the House of Representatives failed to pass the bill on time to prevent the shutdown. The funding bill is now pending in the House, which is expected to take it up this week.

Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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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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