UPDATE 1-US House Speaker Johnson says he has votes to end partial shutdown by Tuesday

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday ‌he believes he has the Republican votes to end a partial government shutdown by at least Tuesday, in an interview on ⁠NBC's "Meet the Press". "I'm confident that we'll do it at least by Tuesday.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Sunday ‌he believes he has the Republican votes to end a partial government shutdown by at least Tuesday, in an interview on ⁠NBC's "Meet the Press".

"I'm confident that we'll do it at least by Tuesday. We have a logistical challenge of getting everyone in town," he said, as transport problems persist following ​a snowstorm that affected travel in the southeastern U.S. The U.S. entered what is expected ‍to be a brief shutdown on Saturday after Congress failed to approve a deal to keep a wide swath of operations funded. The Senate easily passed a spending passage on Saturday but the House ⁠of Representatives ‌is out of town. Republican ⁠and Democratic lawmakers have been working to ensure a debate over immigration enforcement does not disrupt other government ‍operations. That is a contrast from last autumn, when both parties dug into their positions ​in a dispute over healthcare, prompting a shutdown that lasted a record 43 days ⁠and cost the U.S. economy an estimated $11 billion.

The deal approved by the Senate would separate the Department of ⁠Homeland Security from the broader spending package, allowing lawmakers to approve funding for agencies such as the Pentagon and the Department of Labor while new restrictions are considered ⁠on federal immigration agents amid uproar over the shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. Johnson ⁠said "our intention" is ‌by Tuesday to fund all agencies except for DHS, "and then we will have two weeks of good faith negotiation to figure it ⁠out."

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