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Hillary Scholten: “This will end the partial government shutdown that began on…”

Featuring: Hillary Scholten, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 3

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… in Congress as we negotiate funding for the Department of Homeland Security and more specifically ICE. The House voted yesterday to advance HR 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations act of 2026. This will end the partial government shutdown that began on January 30, which included over half of the federal government. including the Department of State Department, Department of Transportation and the Department of Homeland Security. The funding bill provided full year funds to all agencies except DHS, which was only funded through next Friday, February 13th. (00:17–00:24)

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Asserts that HR 7148 will end the partial government shutdown affecting over half of the federal government.

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