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eggplant

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3. The House passed all of the spending bills and then went on holiday.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #1)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:18 PM

22 hrs ago

The Senate agreed to pass all but DHS and a continuing resolution to fund DHS for two more weeks. The House needs to vote on what the Senate passed for any of it to take effect. None of the spending can occur until then. Thus, we are shut down until then.

And if there are amendments tacked on, they have to reconcile with the Senate and go around one more time. So Johnson gets to own this until it is over.

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This confuses me. Is that still in question? Is the separation of DHS funding while funding the other Scrivener7 Yesterday #1

The House passed all of the spending bills and then went on holiday. eggplant 22 hrs ago #3

Yes, but the threat of a Democratic led shutdown is no longer a thing. Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #4

But we are shut down at the moment. eggplant 20 hrs ago #5

It seems pretty clear the vote will go through to Scrivener7 20 hrs ago #6

This is no time for capitulation or kacekwl Yesterday #2

SHUT IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #7

It IS shutdown BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #8