{"id":198986,"date":"2026-02-02T18:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/partial-us-government-shutdown-likely-to-continue-amid-funding-standoff-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T18:50:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T18:50:06","slug":"partial-us-government-shutdown-likely-to-continue-amid-funding-standoff-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/partial-us-government-shutdown-likely-to-continue-amid-funding-standoff-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Partial US government shutdown likely to continue amid funding standoff – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaker Mike Johnson is \u2018convinced\u2019 the impasse over homeland security funding will be resolved by Tuesday
The ongoing partial US government shutdown<\/a> is expected to continue into early next week, with no reopening likely before Tuesday, if what federal officials on both sides of the country\u2019s political aisle are saying is any indication.
House Democrats<\/a> have so far said they are refusing to guarantee the votes needed to speed passage of a funding measure that would restore government operations.
Nonetheless, the Republican<\/a> House speaker, Mike Johnson<\/a>, expressed confidence that the standoff would be resolved within two days, telling Fox News Sunday: \u201cWe\u2019ll get this done by Tuesday, I\u2019m convinced.\u201d He added: \u201cWe do have to do it by a rule process, which will probably have to be on our own.\u201d
The legislative process is set to begin on Monday afternoon, when the House rules committee meets to review the funding bill along with other items scheduled for consideration. Any votes on the House floor \u2013 first on the procedural rule governing debate and later on final passage \u2013 are unlikely to happen before Tuesday.
Johnson dismissed objections to the funding legislation, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t understand why anybody would have a problem with this, though. Remember, these are the bills that have already been passed. We\u2019re going to do it again. It\u2019s a formality at this point.\u201d
Appearing on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press, Johnson said he believed Republicans alone had enough votes to reopen the government by Tuesday. \u201cI\u2019m confident \u2060that we\u2019ll do it at least by Tuesday. We have a logistical challenge of getting everyone in town,\u201d he said, citing ongoing travel disruptions after a major winter storm<\/a> across the US.
The funding package now facing the House is not the same version lawmakers previously approved. After two 37-year-old US citizens, Alex Pretti<\/a> and Renee Good<\/a>, were fatally shot 17 days apart by federal immigration agents under the Trump administration\u2019s command in Minnesota, US Senate Democrats demanded changes.
As a result, funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was removed and replaced with a two-week temporary measure, requiring the House to vote again on the revised bill.
Johnson has made clear he is not relying on Democratic votes to move the legislation under a \u201csuspension of the rules\u201d, which would require a two-thirds majority. Instead, leadership plans to advance the bill through a standard rule vote.
House Democrats have pushed back, arguing they deserve a role in shaping the path forward. Speaking on Saturday on MS NOW\u2019s PoliticsNation, the top US House Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries, said<\/a>: \u201cWe need a full and complete debate.
\u201cAnd what I\u2019ve made clear to House Republicans<\/a> is that they cannot simply move forward with legislation, taking a \u2018my way or the highway\u2019 approach in the absence of House Democrats convening, which we\u2019re going to do [Monday] \u2013 and having a discussion about the appropriate way forward.\u201d
Advancing the bill through a party-line rule vote presents risks for House Republican leaders, who hold only a narrow majority. While such votes were once standard, they have increasingly become flashpoints where dissenting Republican members push for concessions, sometimes derailing leadership\u2019s plans or delaying final passage.
Opposition from Democrats<\/a> has been vocal. Ro Khanna, a Democratic representative from California, appeared on NBC\u2019s Meet the Press on Sunday to say he would not support reopening the government under the current terms.
\u201cI\u2019m not a no \u2013 I\u2019m a firm no,\u201d he said. \u201cI just don\u2019t see how in good conscience Democrats can vote for continuing [immigration enforcement] funding when they\u2019re killing American citizens, when there\u2019s no provision to repeal the tripling of the budget. I hope my colleagues will say no.\u201d
Khanna also argued that lawmakers had alternatives, saying Congress could \u201copen the remaining parts of government\u201d, adding: \u201cThere are a lot of other parts of government that we can fund. The [immigration enforcement] issue should be separated.\u201d
Jamie Raskin, a Democratic representative from Maryland, offered a more conditional stance on Sunday on CNN\u2019s State of the Union. Asked whether he would support a short-term funding bill, he replied, \u201cYes,\u201d before clarifying: \u201cWell, the devil is in the details. We want to see everything that\u2019s in there.\u201d
He added that federal immigration agents should \u201chave rules of engagement that don\u2019t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and assault US citizens and other people\u201d.<\/p>\n

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