{"id":2558279,"date":"2026-01-30T10:17:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-delays-shutdown-vote-over-500000-arctic-frost-benefit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T15:19:22","slug":"lindsey-graham-delays-shutdown-vote-over-500000-arctic-frost-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-delays-shutdown-vote-over-500000-arctic-frost-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham delays shutdown vote over $500,000 &#8216;Arctic Frost&#8217; benefit"},"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%2Flindsey-graham-delays-shutdown-vote-over-500000-arctic-frost-benefit%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=2558279&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>Sen. Lindsey Graham placed a last-minute hold that halted a planned expedited Senate vote on a wide spending bill as negotiators raced to avoid a Friday night shutdown. Senate Majority Leader John Thune now has only hours to get the measure to the House amid objections from members of both parties \u2014 democrats seeking more amendment votes and Graham objecting in part as Congress moved to repeal a provision that would have authorized $500,000 payouts to senators (including him) who were surveilled under the Biden-era \u201cArctic Frost\u201d probe. Leadership is counting on the looming deadline and President Trump\u2019s public endorsement to push the bill through; the package largely punts on immigration reforms but Democrats won a two-week Homeland Security funding extension from the White House to buy more negotiating time. The House is unlikely to reconvene before Monday, some House Republicans oppose the DHS patch, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna demanded a vote on the SAVE Act as part of any deal.If the Senate can clear the bill quickly, it could avert a protracted shutdown, though procedural hurdles remain if unanimous consent cannot be secured.  <\/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\">Lindsey Graham delays shutdown vote over $500,000 &lsquo;Arctic Frost&rsquo; benefit<\/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_2489031\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) has just hours to send a sweeping spending bill to the House after Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) dashed hopes of passing the legislation late on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>There are still objections to fast-tracking the legislation on both sides of the aisle, according to a source familiar with the matter, including multiple Democrats who want more amendment votes. But Graham emerged as the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-delays-shutdown-vote-over-500k-arctic-frost-benefit\/\" title=\"... over ...K &#039;Arctic Frost&#039; benefit\">vocal stumbling block<\/a> for leadership after he vented to reporters that immigration officials were being &ldquo;demonized&rdquo; by the Democrats and that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> was wrong to repeal a provision directing $500,000 payouts for senators, including Graham, surveilled under the Biden-era &ldquo;Arctic Frost&rdquo; investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4439765\/trump-haggles-homeland-security-funding-shutdown-democrats\/\">White House clinches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Democrats What Republicans Will Do If Democrats End Filibuster: \u2018Would Be Child\u2019s Play\u2019\">funding deal<\/a> with Democrats ahead of shutdown deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4439146\/jon-ossoff-calls-more-attention-toward-seismic-fulton-county-raid\/\">Jon Ossoff calls for more attention toward &#8216;seismic&#8217; Fulton County raid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4439096\/where-government-funding-talks-stand-congress-partial-shutdown\/\">Where government funding talks stand as Congress careens toward partial shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Leadership is banking on the pressure cooker of a Friday night shutdown deadline to overcome those objections and has already enlisted the help of President Donald Trump, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4439765\/trump-haggles-homeland-security-funding-shutdown-democrats\/\">endorsed the spending bill<\/a> and urged senators to vote &ldquo;yes&rdquo; on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation punts on the thorniest matter for congressional Democrats: how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-haggles-over-homeland-security-funding-with-democrats\/\" title=\"Trump haggles over Homeland Security funding with Democrats\">reform immigration enforcement<\/a> after the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month.<\/p>\n<p>But Democrats were able to secure a two-week extension for the Department of Homeland Security from the White House, a move that allows the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >remaining funding bills<\/a> to pass while buying more time for negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>A partial lapse in funding is all but guaranteed after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) made clear the House would not return before Monday, and, as a sign the funding deal would need significant Democratic support, rebel House members signaled their opposition to the DHS funding patch.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2016964480257724432?s=20\">demanded<\/a> a vote on the SAVE Act, which requires proof of citizenship for voting, as part of any funding deal.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, Johnson was set to hold an afternoon conference call with Republicans to discuss next steps on government funding.<\/p>\n<p>The challenge for Thune will be getting all 100 senators to allow an expedited vote on the funding bill, or else leadership will be forced to spend days jumping through procedural hurdles.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4435364\/sherrod-brown-loses-fourth-union-endorsement-jon-husted\/\"><strong>SHERROD BROWN LOSES FOURTH UNION ENDORSEMENT TO REPUBLICAN JON HUSTED<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the Senate passes the legislation, which covers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">vast majority<\/a> of discretionary spending, Washington may be able to avert a protracted shutdown like the one last year.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has some flexibility on whether to declare a formal shutdown if the House appears poised to act.<\/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>Graham stalls shutdown vote over $500K payout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2558280,"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\/05\/Lindsey-graham.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[72314,33926,39629,32283,72315],"class_list":["post-2558279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arctic-frost-benefit","tag-campaign-finance","tag-government-shutdown","tag-lindsey-graham","tag-senate-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Lindsey-graham.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558279","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2558279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2558283,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2558279\/revisions\/2558283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2558279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2558279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2558279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}