- Start
- Jan 31, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
- End
- Feb 3, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Half the Government Shuts Down for Four Days
- The continuing resolution ran out on 31 January 2026 for the agencies covered by six appropriations bills - Defense, Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, Transportation-HUD, Financial Services and National Security-State[2]
- Roughly half of all federal departments closed, along with the Executive Office of the President and the judicial branch[1]
- Democrats withheld votes over the Homeland Security title after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by Customs and Border Protection agents, and the House's 72-hour rule for reading a bill delayed the vote further[3]
- The House passed the package 217-214 on 3 February and the President signed it that day: five full appropriations bills plus a two-week stopgap for Homeland Security alone[1]
- Most agencies were funded to the end of the fiscal year; Homeland Security was left to another round of negotiation[4]
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- [1]90%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_federal_government_shutdownsen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Jan 31, 2026 ✓· Ends Feb 3, 2026 ✓· 29% of score
The funding lapse ran from 31 January 2026, when the continuing resolution expired, to 3 February 2026, when the House passed the package 217-214 and the President signed it.
- [2]90%Federal Agency Shutdown Plans for the Second Partial Shutdown of FY 2026 (EPIC)epicforamerica.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 29% of score
Names the six appropriations bills whose agencies lapsed on 31 January 2026 and collects their contingency plans.[1]
- [3]85%Early 2026 Government Shutdowns (Center for Homeland Defense and Security)chds.us· Added Sep 21, 2026· 29% of score
Timeline of both 2026 lapses, with the immigration-enforcement dispute behind them and the 29 January agreement that ended this one.[1]
- [4]80%January/February 2026 Federal Government Shutdown Guidance (UC Berkeley)vcresearch.berkeley.edu· Published Feb 3, 2026· 12% of score
Contemporary guidance confirming that the 3 February bill funded most agencies for the rest of the fiscal year while Homeland Security got only temporary funding.[1]
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