Deal struck to keep government funded, Trump and Democrats say

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Source: Politico

The agreement would allow for passage of full-year funding for most federal agencies while extending DHS for two weeks.

The deal would provide funding through Sept. 30 for most departments and agencies, while providing a short-term stopgap for the Department of Homeland Security.

A spokesperson for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the deal would provide a two-week extension of current DHS funding levels, giving lawmakers time to negotiate new restrictions on the department’s immigration enforcement operations.


Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/29/shutdown-spending-deal-trump-00756372

[Bread and Circuses]

1. 🔩 Another

[yaesu]

2. Regardless of the reason any deal with the fascists to keep iCE funded will be seen as weakness by the base

as the fascists would never, ever do the same if we needed their vote for something good instead of evil.

[lapfog_1]

3. hey chuck

there is nothing to negotiate... terminate funding for BP and ICE, fire everyone... and fire Noem and Miller. End of story.

[eggplant]

4. I would think they could get by with the $85B from last year.

[Emile]

5. After an alert and discussion with the hosts, locking.

This is a duplicate of the same news story posted earlier.

dupe of: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143607883