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By Sam Gringlas House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.,
− spoke
+ speaks
with reporters
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+ following
a
− press conference in
− the
+ rules
− Capitol
+ vote
on
− Tuesday. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP
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+ funding
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+ the
− House
+ U.S.
− narrowly
+ government
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+ at
− Tuesday
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+ U.S.
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+ Capitol
− a
+ February
− shutdown-ending
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+ 2026
− package,
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− setting
+ Washington,
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+ DC.
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+ Aaron
− final
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− later
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− in
+ America
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+ hide
− day
+ caption The
− that
+ House
− could
+ has
− send
+ approved
− the
+ a
more than $1 trillion
− piece
+ spending
− of
+ package
− legislation
+ that
− to
+ brings
− the
+ to
− president's
+ an
− desk. The
+ end
− measure
+ the
− will
+ partial
− fund
+ government
− much
+ shutdown.
− of
+ The
− the
+ legislation
− government,
+ passed
− including
+ by
− the
+ a
− Departments
+ vote
of
− Defense,
− Health
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− and
+ to
− Human
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− Services,
+ with
− Housing
+ 21
− and
+ Democrats
− Transportation,
+ joining
− through
+ Republicans
− the
+ in
− end
+ support
of
− September. But Congress is only funding
the
− Department of Homeland Security through Feb.
− 13.
+ measure.
The
− short-term agreement was reached after Democrats refused to sign off on
− annual
+ Senate
− funding
+ passed
− without
+ the
− restrictions
+ package
on
− immigration enforcement tactics after federal officers
− shot
+ Friday
and
− killed
+ President
− two
+ Trump
− U.S.
+ has
− citizens
+ endorsed
− in
+ the
− Minneapolis.
+ plan.
The
− procedural
measure
− was approved 217 to 215 after
− President
+ funds
− Trump
+ several
− endorsed
+ of
the
− package, which he negotiated last week. Trump worked
− with
+ government's
− Senate
+ largest
− Democrats
+ departments
− on
+ through
the
− agreement after they refused
− to
+ end
− fund
+ of
the
− Department
+ fiscal
− of
+ year
− Homeland
+ in
− Security,
+ September.
− which
+ This
includes
− ICE and Customs and Border Protection. However, House Democrats have split on
the
− agreement
+ Pentagon
and
− Republicans had to rally all of their members to advance
the
− bill. Some hard-right
− Republicans
+ Department
− threatened
+ of
− to
+ Health
− oppose
+ and
− the
+ Human
− deal
+ Services,
− unless
+ as
− it
+ well
− included
+ as
the
− SAVE Act, which mandates documentary
− proof
+ Department
of
− citizenship to register to vote among other changes. Ultimately, Trump
− convinced
+ Transportation,
the
− holdouts to
− drop
+ Education
− their
+ Department
− opposition,
+ and
− clearing
+ Housing
− the
+ and
− way
+ Urban
− for
+ Development. The
− the
+ spending
− just
+ agreement
− over
+ also
− three-day
+ includes
− shutdown
+ a
− to
+ stopgap
− come
+ measure
to
− an end and setting up an even more contentious
− fight
+ fund
− over
+ the
− immigration
+ Department
− policy
+ of
− in
+ Homeland
− the
+ Security
− days
+ through
− ahead. The
+ February
− short
+ 13.
− extension
+ Lawmakers
− is
+ are
− meant
+ aiming
to
− give
− lawmakers
+ use
− a
+ that
− narrow
+ 10-day
window to negotiate
− and pass policy
changes
− for DHS,
− though
+ to
− it
+ federal
− is
+ immigration
− unclear
+ enforcement
− if
+ in
the
− new deadline will give lawmakers
− enough
+ wake
− time
+ of
− to
+ the
− work
+ deaths
− out
+ of
− their
+ Renee
− differences. There
+ Macklin
− is
+ Good
− bipartisan
+ and
− consensus
+ Alex
− on
+ Pretti
− some
+ in
− ideas,
+ Minneapolis
− like
+ last
− mandating
+ month.
− body-worn
+ Democrats
− cameras.
+ are
− But
+ calling
− other
+ for
− policies
+ several
− demanded
+ reforms,
− by
+ including
− Democrats,
+ body-worn
− like
+ cameras,
forbidding officers from hiding their identities
− with masks
and requiring judicial warrants for enforcement
− operations,
+ operations. While
− are
+ there
− non-starters
+ is bipartisan support
for
− Republicans.
+ body-worn
− Some
+ cameras,
Republicans
− say
+ have
− they
+ voiced
− will
+ resistance
− insist
+ to
− on
+ other
− measures
+ Democratic
− targeting
+ demands,
− so-called
+ signaling
− "sanctuary
+ a
− cities."
+ difficult stretch ahead for negotiations.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and other top Republicans have already signaled that another short-term homeland security bill will be needed. Even without another stopgap measure, President Trump's immigration crackdown will continue. Congress gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement $75 billion over four years in the Republican tax and spending bill passed last year. Before the second deadly shooting by immigration officers in Minneapolis, the last of the federal funding bills was on track to sail through Congress with bipartisan support. Lawmakers were eager to avoid another lapse in funding following a record-long 43-day federal government shutdown last fall. That shutdown ended with lawmakers coming to an agreement on funding measures for a few parts of government through September and passing only a short-term extension through the end of January for everything else, roughly 75% of annual non-discretionary spending. Democratic appropriators praised the final spending package for staving off the deep funding cuts the Trump administration had requested. For example, the administration called for slashing the budget for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by some 50%. The final legislation keeps the agency's funding essentially flat. The House passed those final measures and sent them to the Senate last week. After the second deadly shooting in Minneapolis, Senate Democrats pledged to withhold votes for the funding measures without reforms and even some Republicans expressed alarm about the tactics in Minnesota. In the eleventh hour, Senate Democrats reached a deal with the White House to separate funding for most of the government from the homeland security spending bill. But with the House in recess last week and unable to sign off immediately, parts of the federal government ran out of money. Even with House members back in Washington this week, the deal between the Senate and the White House appeared tenuous in the House, where Republicans have a paper-thin majority. Sponsor Message Become an NPR sponsor