Partial government shutdown looms after funding deal failure
From America's Talking by The Center Square
January 30, 2026 · 7 min · Episode 471
About this episode
The episode discusses the looming partial government shutdown due to the Senate's failure to advance federal funding bills.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate failed to advance a package of the six remaining federal funding bills Thursday, leaving less than 40 hours until the federal government partially shuts down. More than $1.2 trillion is at stake in the House-passed legislation, funding State-Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, Defense, Labor-HHS-Education, Transportation-HUD, and Homeland Security throughout fiscal year 2026. After the second fatal shooting of a protester in Minneapolis, Democrats are demanding that the Homeland Security appropriations bill include new restrictions on immigration enforcement officers.
Topics covered
- government shutdown
- federal funding
- Senate
- House
- Homeland Security
- immigration enforcement
Keywords
- government shutdown
- federal funding
- Senate
- House
- Homeland Security
- immigration enforcement
- Minneapolis
- Democrats
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Center Square, Senate, House, Democrats, Homeland Security
Places: U.S., Minneapolis
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