{"id":2552893,"date":"2026-01-26T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-is-the-looming-government-shutdown-different-from-last-falls\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:02:35","slug":"how-is-the-looming-government-shutdown-different-from-last-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-is-the-looming-government-shutdown-different-from-last-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"How is the looming government shutdown different from last fall&#8217;s?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhow-is-the-looming-government-shutdown-different-from-last-falls%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2552893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Congress is facing a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-blames-president-trump-climate-change-for-migrant-surge\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi blames President ..., \u2018climate change\u2019 for migrant surge\">partial government shutdown<\/a> driven by a dispute over funding for the Department of Homeland Security, specifically billions allocated to ICE after recent controversial operations in Minnesota. Unlike last fall\u2019s 43-day full shutdown over expiring Obamacare subsidies, this would shut down only parts of the government: six of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-fights-that-lay-ahead-in-congress-with-debt-ceiling-in-rearview\/\" title=\"... faces upcoming fights with the debt ceiling behind them.\">12 annual appropriations bills<\/a> have already passed, and the remaining package ties DHS (with ICE funding) to five other agencies. Several Senate Democrats who helped end the last shutdown say they will not support the current \u201cminibus\u201d if it includes ICE money, and Republicans lack the 60 votes needed to advance the measure without bipartisan backing. Some senators propose splitting DHS from the other bills so 96% of the government can keep operating while lawmakers negotiate ICE reforms and oversight. The standoff follows protests after a Border Patrol shooting in Minneapolis; the senate plans to vote this week, and if no agreement emerges by the deadline, a partial shutdown coudl begin.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Congress is preparing for a partial government shutdown. How is it different from the last one?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2484692\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> is careening toward the second government shutdown in four months due to disagreements over federal funding for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown Washington is preparing for this weekend has several key differences from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-explainer-of-the-upcoming-government-funding-battle\/\" title=\"... ... Battle Explained\">government funding battle<\/a> last fall.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4432992\/schumer-senate-gop-scrap-dhs-bill-avoid-shutdown\/\">Schumer calls on Senate GOP to scrap DHS funding bill to avoid shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4432861\/schiff-ice-border-patrol-funding-pretti-shooting\/\">Schiff says he&#8217;s not giving ICE or Border Patrol &#8216;another dime&#8217; after Pretti shooting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4432782\/secret-recordings-ted-cruz-trump-vance-donors\/\">Secret recordings reveal Cruz ripping Trump and Vance to donors: Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>That 43-day shutdown became <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3874772\/government-shutdown-longest-us-history\/\">the longest in U.S. history<\/a>, ending in November 2025. It centered on Democrats&rsquo; concerns that legislation to keep the government open did not contain a provision <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3881941\/end-government-shutdown-closer-bill-clears-senate-heads-house\/\">to extend Obamacare subsidies<\/a>. And before the shutdown was triggered on Oct. 1, it was widely expected due to the known deadline for renewing the expiring Obamacare subsidies.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike last fall&rsquo;s controversy, the latest looming government shutdown would be only partial and stem from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4433160\/minneapolis-readies-more-protests-alex-pretti-killing-judges-debate-ending-ice-minnesota-operation\/\">unexpected unrest in Minnesota<\/a>. And key Senate Democrats who proved critical to ending the last shutdown have announced that they will not aid the Trump administration this time around in backing the Department of Homeland Security funding bill for ICE.<\/p>\n<p>Congress has already passed six of the 12 annual funding bills necessary to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >critical federal agencies running<\/a>. &#8203;&#8203;The Senate is planning a vote this week on final six-bill legislation to avoid a shutdown on Jan. 31. The DHS bill is tied in with five others that fund the departments of Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of sweeping controversy over ICE operations in Minnesota, Senate Democratic leadership has vowed to block the appropriations legislation from passing, as the DHS provision contains billions in funding for ICE.&nbsp;If Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is unable to reach a bipartisan consensus in the upper chamber by Saturday, which appears fairly likely, the government will enter a partial shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Under a partial shutdown, most government operations would remain intact, likely including ICE, given billions in new funding that the agency was allocated under President Donald Trump&rsquo;s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which was passed into law last summer.<\/p>\n<p>That marks a sweeping difference from the full shutdown last year. Over the fall, at least 670,000 federal employees <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3862393\/federal-contractors-shutdown-drags-lost-paychecks\/\">were furloughed<\/a>, while about 730,000 others worked without pay, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. Thousands were also laid off during the period, though many were later asked <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/marylandmatters.org\/2025\/11\/21\/more-than-3600-feds-get-notice-their-shutdown-rifs-are-rescinded\/\">to return <\/a>to their government jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The latest shutdown threats come after Alex Pretti, 37, died in a shooting amid ICE operations in Minneapolis over the weekend, prompting more backlash against the Trump administration. President Donald Trump said the shooting, carried out by a Border Patrol agent, is under investigation. Protests against ICE previously festered in the state following the death of Renee Good by a federal officer earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Several members of the Senate Democratic caucus who voted to end the last government shutdown, including Sens. Jackie Rosen (D-NV), Catherine Cortez-Masto (D-NV), Mark Warner (D-VA), Angus King (D-ME), and Tim Kaine (D-VA), are saying they will not support the &ldquo;minibus&rdquo; appropriations legislation if it contains funding for ICE.<\/p>\n<p>With 53 Republicans, Democratic support is necessary to reach a 60-vote threshold to advance the legislation.&nbsp;King wants Thune to assuage some concerns by peeling the DHS bill off the other five funding measures, allowing most of the government to operate as normal while giving lawmakers time to eye reforms for ICE.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If those bills pass, 96% of the federal government is funded,&rdquo; King said Sunday during an appearance on CBS&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sen-angus-king-says-he-wont-vote-for-package-with-ice-funding-but-we-dont-have-to-have-a-shutdown\/\"><em>Face the Nation<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;Take up DHS by itself, let&rsquo;s have an honest negotiation, put some guardrails on what&rsquo;s going on, some accountability, and that would solve this problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4432691\/what-to-know-fatal-shooting-border-patrol-minnesota\/\">WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE FATAL SHOOTING OF ALEX PRETTI IN MINNESOTA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Senate is set to reconvene to debate that matter and others on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we have a problem, because I think we&rsquo;re going to probably end up in another Democrat shutdown,&rdquo; Trump said in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6388087049112?playlist_id=3166411554001\">an interview with Fox Business<\/a> last week. &ldquo;The [last] shutdown cost us a lot, and I think they&rsquo;ll probably do it again, that&rsquo;s my feeling. We&rsquo;ll see what happens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partial shutdown looms &#8211; differs from last full one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2552894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25280733821698-2.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[71964,71963,71962,71961],"class_list":["post-2552893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-budget-crisis-2","tag-congressional-deadlock","tag-federal-funding-2","tag-government-shutdown-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25280733821698-2.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2552893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552897,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2552893\/revisions\/2552897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2552894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2552893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2552893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2552893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}