Government Enters Partial Shutdown After Senate Passes Amended Funding

Government Enters Partial Shutdown After Senate Passes Amended Funding

The U.S. Capitol building after a snowstorm in Washington on Jan. 28, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—The federal government entered a partial government shutdown just after midnight on Saturday despite the Senate’s passage of legislation hours earlier to prevent it.

The shutdown—affecting the departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Homeland Security—is expected to only last the weekend, with a House vote to reopen the government scheduled for Monday.

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Original News Source Link – Epoch Times

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