This week: Senate returns, staring at possible partial government shutdown [View all]
Source: Roll Call
Posted January 26, 2026 at 6:30am
As Capitol Hill digs out from the weekend snow this week, the Senate is setting up for another standoff over government funding after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident on Saturday. The bipartisan path forward for a package of six appropriation bills, including funding for the Department of Homeland Security, quickly evaporated on Saturday after the shooting.
Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that Democrats would oppose the package unless the DHS bill is revamped. “Senate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill,” Schumer said. “This is best course of action, and the American people are on our side.”
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who is expected to run for governor, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” “There have been three killings in Minneapolis since the beginning of the year. And two have been committed by federal agents — one ICE, and the other border control. That’s what we’re dealing with here.”
The House already passed the remaining six spending bills last week and bundled them together into a single package for the Senate. The package includes the Financial Services, National Security-State, Defense, Labor-HHS-Education and Transportation-HUD measures, along with Homeland Security. If the Senate makes any changes, the measure would have to go back to the House for a new vote. So with the House not in session this week, a partial shutdown appears likely.
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