Government shutdown won't end Monday, House Speaker says

The partial government shutdown that started Friday night won’t end Monday when the House returns to work, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. 

Here’s the latest: 

Government shutdown extended

What they're saying:

In an interview on Fox News Sunday, Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said "we’ll get this done by Tuesday." The House returns to work Monday, but a source told Fox News that a vote won’t happen before Tuesday. That means the partial government shutdown will last beyond the weekend. 

"At a minimum, that extends a 70 hour partial shutdown to one that is at least nearly 90 hours – presuming the House can align with the Senate at some point on Tuesday," Chad Pergram, chief congressional correspondent for Fox News, said on X. 

Why did the government shut down again? 

Big picture view:

The government shut down again at midnight Friday because Congress didn’t pass a budget on time. The shooting deaths this month of two U.S. citizens, Alex Pretti and Renée Good, by federal agents in Minneapolis, angered Democrats and derailed bipartisan budget negotiations.

Democrats demanded that one of the six remaining funding bills, for the Department of Homeland Security and its associated agencies, be stripped from the package passed by the House. They said the bill must include changes to Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement, including a code of conduct for federal agents and a requirement that officers show identification.

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After Senate Democrats blocked the funding bills Thursday, the White House struck a deal with Democrats to temporarily fund DHS at current levels for two weeks while the negotiations play out.

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The Senate passed the amended spending package Friday, but it must pass the House again before becoming law. 

Will the budget pass the House? 

What's next:

Johnson faces a daunting challenge ahead to get the legislation through the House. Republicans have a razor-thin 218-213 majority in the House, but Democrats are gaining a seat after a special election this weekend in Texas' 18th Congressional District. 

"House Republicans believe they will have to pass the bill on their own without much or any Democratic assistance," Fox's Pergram noted. 

Johnson signaled he is relying on help from Trump to ensure passage.

"The president is leading this," Johnson said.  

"It’s his play call to do it this way," the speaker said, adding that Trump has "already conceded that he wants to turn down the volume" on federal immigration operations.

Why this shutdown is different

Dig deeper:

Unlike the record 43-day shutdown that ended just over two months ago, this shutdown should be much shorter – and several important federal agencies and programs will continue to operate.

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Nutrition assistance programs, like SNAP and WIC, for example, should be unaffected.

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The Pentagon and agencies like the departments of Homeland Security, Health, Housing and Transportation are not funded, but essential functions will continue. Some federal employees, including air traffic controllers and TSA agents, could have to work without pay if the shutdown doesn't end quickly. Others could be furloughed. 

Experts have said FEMA, which is part of DHS, should have enough money to respond to the massive winter storm still affecting large swaths of the country. FEMA would have about $7 billion to $8 billion in a fund for disaster response and recovery efforts and the staff who work on them. An extended shutdown could put more pressure on that fund, especially if FEMA must respond to new disasters.