"One of the most confusing federal government shutdowns in living memory began at midnight on January 31 when the stopgap spending authority that ended the last government shutdown in November ran out. The shutdown was triggered by Democratic fury (and Republican misgivings) over ICE and Border Patrol atrocities in Minneapolis. But Congress has to struggle through numerous procedural issues before it can even start negotiating on new guidelines for immigration enforcement."
"At the moment the Departments of Defense, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and State, along with the department that supervises immigration enforcement, Homeland Security, are all shut down. Other agencies remain open because spending bills affecting them passed both houses of Congress before the Minneapolis crisis began. Here's how we got here and what we know about how the partial shutdown might end."
A partial federal government shutdown began at midnight on January 31 when stopgap spending authority expired. The shutdown closed several federal departments, including Defense, Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Transportation, State, and Homeland Security. The immediate cause was Democratic fury and Republican misgivings over ICE and Border Patrol actions in Minneapolis. Senate Democrats withheld votes on the combined appropriations package, demanding immigration enforcement reforms after Border Patrol agents killed Alex Pretti. The White House negotiated a two-week stopgap DHS funding deal with Senate leaders to allow further talks; the Senate cleared the arrangement late on January 30. Other agencies remained open because their spending bills had already passed both chambers.
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