Federal Government Likely Heading for Weekend Shutdown, but With Hope on the Horizon. At the time of this writing, the U.S. Senate has not passed legislation to fund most of the federal government beyond 11:59 p.m. (EST) this evening. Just a few days ago, Congress was on the glide path to do so, but as the Buzz noted last week, “Politics can always derail efforts at the last minute.” And this is exactly what happened in the Senate this week. Before leaving Washington, D.C., last week, the U.S. House of Representatives sent the Senate a six-bill funding package that needed to be passed to keep the government open. But part of the package included a bill funding the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Senate Democrats wanted to make changes to that bill following the killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis this past weekend. The hopeful outcome at this time is for the passage of a revised spending package that includes the five non-controversial bills and a two-week continuing resolution of DHS funding. (The Senate is currently voting on such a spending package.) In this scenario, there will likely be a brief partial government shutdown until the House can agree on these new changes and the president signs the bill.
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