The partial government shutdown has now lasted eight weeks with Congress on recess until 13 April
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The record-breaking partial government shutdown has now entered its eighth week, with little end in sight.
Congress is on recess, and isn’t set to return for until 13 April. Yesterday, House lawmakers again took no action to pass a Senate bill to fund affected Department of Homeland Security (DHS) subagencies during its scheduled procedural session.
It comes after Republican leadership in both chambers announced a compromise to fund the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the US Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa), but withhold funds from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and part of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
