Partial shutdown underway as GOP infighting continues
We are learning more this weekend as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is shut down after Congress failed to fund the agency before a midnight deadline. Most indicators show the partial shutdown is due to deadlock over federal immigration operations. TSA agents at airports across the U.S. are expected to keep working without pay as a result. House Republicans who are typically reliable ‘yes’ votes are becoming increasingly frustrated with a small faction of their colleagues. According to Congressional Reporter Kate Santaliz of Axios, these reliable voters are "fed up" with repeated threats to rule votes and a number of these lawmakers are now considering retaliation.