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AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Speaker Johnson is moving to end the shutdown by Tuesday — without Democratic support

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) predicted Sunday that the House will end the partial government shutdown by Tuesday, even as he prepares to move forward without Democratic support for Department of Homeland Security funding. Why it matters: Johnson faces the difficult task of quashing internal GOP tensions after the deadly immigration crackdown in Minnesota scattered appropriations talks . The funding bill would launch a two-week window for high-stakes negotiations over DHS. - The Senate passed legislation Friday that separated out the fight over immigration enforcement from the effort to prevent a lengthier shutdown. A partial shutdown began Saturday. - But the relief didn't last long, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries…

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) predicted Sunday that the House will end the partial government shutdown by Tuesday, even as he prepares to move forward without Democratic support for Department of Homeland Security funding. Why it matters: Johnson faces the difficult task of quashing internal GOP tensions after the deadly immigration crackdown in Minnesota scattered appropriations talks . The funding bill would launch a two-week window for high-stakes negotiations over DHS. - The Senate passed legislation Friday that separated out the fight over immigration enforcement from the effort to prevent a lengthier shutdown. A partial shutdown began Saturday. - But the relief didn't last long, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Harrison Berger) - Federal Government Enters Partial Shutdown

State of the Union: The Senate passed a funding package late Friday, with the House expected to vote Monday The post Federal Government Enters Partial Shutdown appeared first on The American Conservative .

The federal government entered a partial shutdown early Saturday after Congress failed to agree on the yearly budget. Appropriations expired for the Departments of Homeland Security, War, State, Treasury, Transportation, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Housing and Urban Development, among other federal agencies. Essential employees will continue working Bipartisan progress on funding stalled after the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good by federal agents in Minneapolis. Democrats say DHS funding should be contingent on new enforcement rules, requirements that officers show identification, and a code of conduct for the agency. They have opposed advancing a funding bill without those changes, but reached an…Open