What led to the partial government shutdown discussed in this episode?
We're back to a shutdown. I'm Chris DiMeo, Fox News. The Senate passes a spending bill for most of the government, but the measure only provides two weeks of funding to the Department of Homeland Security. The clock has run out, and so there's a partial government shutdown.
About 78% of the federal government is unfunded right now as the Pentagon, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Transportation. Last week, the House of Representatives passed a full spending bill for all of these departments and sent this over to the Senate. Well, Democrats started to say, we need some changes with ICE.
So we want to defund the Department of Homeland Security, only fund it for a shortened period of time. And so what they did is they broke off the DHS funding bill. Well, at that point, the Senate and the House of Representatives were not aligned. So they have to pass in the House of Representatives what the Senate did. Otherwise, the government shutdown continues.
Fox's Chad Pergram, the House is likely to vote on the package on Monday, but it's unclear how many members will support it. President Trump agreed to the deal earlier this week with Senate Democrats. A nor'easter is sweeping across parts of the southeast this weekend.
As the storm strengthens, it will likely become a bomb cyclone. Snow is expected to rapidly expand across the higher terrain of Virginia, the Carolinas, and into northern Georgia. Saturday appears to be the day when the bulk of the snowfall occurs in this region. Some travelers are already bracing for flight cancellations and delays due to the storm.
There's also some concern over powerful winds during high tide Sunday morning that could increase the risk for coastal flooding in some locations.
That's Fox's Christina Coleman reporting. New York Governor Kathy Hochul takes steps to end the practice of local police departments assisting ICE in her state. Maintaining ICE has gotten out of control, adding that this stops for now and calling ICE a rogue federal agency. America's listening to Fox News.
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