House Passes Bill to End Partial Shutdown With Two-Week DHS Funding Pause

Overview

• The spending package passed the House 217–214 and is expected to reach President Trump's desk for swift signature to end the three-day stoppage.
• The legislation funds most federal agencies through the end of September while excluding DHS, which faces a two-week lapse with a new deadline of February 13.
• The measure opens a 10-day negotiating period for a DHS deal as Democrats push for constraints on ICE and CBP practices.
• DHS has conducted a Minnesota immigration operation since December with roughly 3,000 federal agents deployed by presidential order, drawing sustained protests.
• Two Minneapolis deaths—poet Rene Good and ICU nurse Alex Prette—led to two agents being placed on leave and a DOJ probe into Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged obstruction.