Senate passes $1.2T government funding deal -- but a brief shutdown is certain
Source: Politico
01/30/2026 06:42 PM EST
The Senate passed a compromise spending package Friday, clearing a path for Congress to avert a lengthy government shutdown. The 71-29 vote came a day after Senate Democrats and President Donald Trump struck a deal to attach two weeks of Homeland Security funding to five spending bills that will fund the Pentagon, State Department and many other agencies until Sept. 30.
The Senate's vote won't avert a partial shutdown that will start early Saturday morning since House lawmakers are out of town and not scheduled to return until Monday.
During a private call with House Republicans Friday, Speaker Mike Johnson said the likeliest route to House passage would be bringing the package up under a fast-track process Monday evening. That would require a two-thirds majority -- and a significant number of Democratic votes.
The $1.2 trillion package could face challenges in the House, especially from conservative hard-liners who have said they would vote against any Senate changes to what the House already passed. Many House Democrats are also wary of stopgap funding for DHS, which would keep ICE and Border Patrol funded at current levels without immediate new restrictions.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/30/shutdown-senate-passes-funding-deal-00758615
As I have been ranting about all morning. The media did their "cliff-hanger" reporting as if what the Senate did would unilaterally "save the day" and it WON'T.
REFERENCE - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143608456
Link to Roll Call - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00020.htm
The "Nays" -
Alsobrooks (D-MD)
Bennet (D-CO)
Blunt Rochester (D-DE)
Booker (D-NJ)
Cruz (R-TX)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Gallego (D-AZ)
Heinrich (D-NM)
Johnson (R-WI)
Kelly (D-AZ)
Kim (D-NJ)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Lee (R-UT)
Lujan (D-NM)
Markey (D-MA)
Merkley (D-OR)
Murphy (D-CT)
Padilla (D-CA)
Paul (R-KY)
Reed (D-RI)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schiff (D-CA)
Scott (R-FL)
Slotkin (D-MI)
Smith (D-MN)
Van Hollen (D-MD)
Warnock (D-GA)
Warren (D-MA)
Wyden (D-OR)
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