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With a Feb. 13 deadline looming for DHS funding, Democrats plan to offer a draft bill with strict immigration-enforcement guardrails; Senate GOP Leader Thune floated a year-long CR if a deal can’t be reached, while Democrats push bold reforms and Republicans press for broader immigration provisions, signaling a tense, protracted negotiation.
The Senate cleared a three-bill funding package funding Justice, Interior, Commerce & Energy, the EPA, water programs and federal science through the end of the fiscal year, moving toward averting a new shutdown while a Treasury/State package awaits House action. Yet more than 75% of discretionary funding remains unfunded, including the Pentagon, leaving a heavy workload for bipartisan talks on remaining measures (Defense, Transportation–HUD, Labor–HHS–Education) and ongoing tensions over DHS funding and earmarks as lawmakers confront the Jan. 30 deadline.
House conservatives are considering proposing a yearlong spending stopgap as the deadline for a government funding deal approaches, raising concerns about the potential impact on defense and other programs. This move comes as Congress faces a December 3 deadline to pass a spending bill to avert a government shutdown.