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What's in the bipartisan Senate deal to avoid a shutdown, temporarily fund DHS

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Senators are racing to find a solution as the federal government is once again on the verge of a partial shutdown. This time, there's hope for a bipartisan deal on the key issue, the conduct of ICE and other DHS officers. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Well, senators are racing to find a solution as the federal government is once again on the verge of a partial shutdown.

0:07.0

This time, there's hope for a bipartisan deal on the key issue, the conduct of ICE and other DHS officers.

0:14.0

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin's been following it and is here with the latest.

0:17.7

So, Lisa, a day away from another partial shutdown. Where do things stand?

0:21.3

We have news. We have breaking news, in fact, per multiple sources. There is a deal on the table now

0:26.9

between Republicans and Democrats. As I speak to you, what's happening in the U.S. Senate,

0:31.6

they're going through a process called hotlining it, meaning especially Republican senators.

0:35.8

They go along with a fast-track vote on all of this as soon as tonight.

0:40.2

So let's talk about what's in this potential deal, first of all.

0:43.0

Okay, now this would fund the five agencies involved that need funding, all but DHS for full funding for the rest of the fiscal year.

0:51.4

DHS would be taken out and it would get two weeks of funding instead,

0:55.7

a short-term funding deal for DHS for two weeks. That would allow then, in the meanwhile,

1:00.6

time for lawmakers to work out a potential deal on ICE and DHS conduct. Now, this is a breakthrough,

1:08.4

and I am told that the White House has been part of this negotiating

1:11.3

all along, so we think that the president is on board as well.

1:14.7

But there are still issues ahead of this.

1:17.4

This is not necessarily easy.

1:19.0

First of all, some Senate Republicans do have concerns are skeptical about the spending, including

1:23.7

earmarks in this package and how ICE is treated.

1:26.9

In addition, there is Speaker Johnson.

1:29.0

His office confirms to me that he has concerns

1:31.3

about this short-term homeland security fix.

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