You Vote: With a deal struck to avoid a gov't shutdown, what does this portend for the coming year?

The agreement comes one day before the funding deadline to avert the partial shutdown.

Published: January 29, 2026 7:41pm

The Senate on Thursday evening struck a deal that will avoid a partial government shutdown by separating the Department of Homeland Security's funding bill from a larger package and passing a continuing resolution on it. 

The agreement comes one day before the funding deadline to avert the partial shutdown. 

The deal is expected to separate the DHS legislation from a "minibus" of five other funding bills and the Senate would then pass a continuing resolution to keep the department funded at its current level through Feb. 13.

With a deal struck to avoid a gov't shutdown, what does this portend for the coming year?

There will be a new era of bipartisanship in Congress
0% (23 votes)
Neither side wants to be seen as responsible for a shutdown, but the 2 parties will continue to be at odds
18% (1264 votes)
With this being the midterm election year, the battle to control both the House and Senate will intensify the divisions and it will be a very rough year
81% (5626 votes)
Total votes: 6913

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