Cami Mondeaux is the congressional correspondent for the Deseret News covering both the House and Senate. She’s reported on Capitol Hill for over two years covering the latest developments on national news while also diving into the policy issues that directly impact her home state of Utah.
WASHINGTON — A majority of Senate Democrats say they won't vote to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the latest spending package, increasing the risk of a partial government shutdown later this week.
The Senate is expected to consider the final government funding package sometime this week that contains the six remaining appropriations bills for the 2026 fiscal year. But after federal immigration officers fatally shot a man in Minneapolis over the weekend, Democrats are pushing to remove the Department of Homeland Security portion."Senate Democrats will not allow the current DHS funding bill to move forward," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a statement. "Senate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill. This is best course of action, and the American people are on our side."Schumer's stance heightens the risk of a partial government shutdown, which is scheduled to take effect at the end of this week if a spending deal is not passed.It's not yet clear how Senate Republicans will move forward. The majority party will need at least seven Democrats to help advance the funding bill, and nearly all Democratic senators have publicly said they will not vote in favor.Although Democrats have called on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to remove the DHS portion from the full package, Thune's office on Monday said it would keep the six-bill tranche intact. The Senate will instead move forward with plans to vote on the package as-is.Even if Thune changes course, stripping DHS from the bill would require House approval — and the lower chamber is not scheduled to return to Washington until February. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., right, during a news conference at the Capitol, Jan. 13, in Washington. Meanwhile, other Republican senators such as Mike Lee, R-Utah, are refusing to remove DHS funding from the spending bill."We're not defunding ICE," Lee said in a post on X. "Live with it.""I'll oppose any effort to defund DHS," Lee said in another post. "Every Republican should."Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, released a statement responding to the shooting over the weekend, calling for "empathy, restraint, and respect for the rule of law." He did
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