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With day 40 of Homeland Security funding talks underway and no deal in sight, the TSA chief warns that ongoing funding delays could force airport shutdowns and disrupt security operations until Congress approves a budget.
Senate Democrats are rallying to stand firm against President Trump in a tense funding fight, with a government shutdown imminent as lawmakers struggle to reach a deal before the deadline, highlighting deep partisan divisions and internal disagreements among Democrats.
Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, are preparing early for the upcoming government funding deadline, aiming to avoid the disarray and backlash experienced in previous fights with Trump, amid complex negotiations over budget cuts and bipartisan support for certain bills.
Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rejected a stopgap funding bill advancing in the Senate, bringing Washington closer to its fourth partial shutdown of the U.S. government in a decade with just four days to go. The Senate plan, which advanced on a wide bipartisan margin on Tuesday, would fund the government through Nov. 17, giving lawmakers more time to agree on funding levels for the full fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. McCarthy's House of Representatives was focusing its efforts on trying to agree on more of the 12 separate full-year funding bills, of which they have so far passed one. The standoff has begun to attract the attention of ratings agencies, with both Moody's and Fitch warning it could damage the federal government's credit-worthiness.