Tamara Keith

I'm Tamara Keith.

I cover the White House.

And we are recording this at 1.10 p.m.

Eastern Time.

And today on the show, Congress may be headed toward a partial government shutdown.

Last week, it seemed like lawmakers were on track to approve a package of bipartisan spending bills ahead of a government funding deadline at the end of the month.

But that all changed after federal immigration officers failed.

killed 37-year-old Alex Preddy on Saturday.

Senate Democrats now say they will not vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security without major changes to the bill.

And that puts all of the other remaining funding measures in peril, too.

So, Sam, what are Democrats asking for?

And this is a leverage point.

A government funding bill is a leverage point.

Sam, ICE and other immigration enforcement got a huge amount of money last summer in the one big beautiful bill act, President Trump's big signature accomplishment.

So how does this fit with that?

Like withholding funding from Homeland Security, would immigration enforcement really be affected by this fight?

I guess a question I have here is, why not just separate out the Homeland Security funding and then pass everything else?

And then it wouldn't be such a major disruption.

So, Sam, you said that Republicans at this point are not willing to separate out the Homeland Security bill.

Are they offering anything to Democrats?