A central issue lawmakers will clash over is funding the Department of Homeland Security after the recent killings of two U.S. citizens by ICE agents.

The House of Representatives is readying a vote on a government funding package to end the partial shutdown over DHS reforms.

The partial government shutdown began Saturday, but will the House vote today to reopen? Here's the latest on government shutdown 2026.

The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday voted 217-214 to end the partial government shutdown on its fourth day, avoiding a repeat of last year’s 43-day standoff. The House passed a five-bill package that includes funding the Departments of Defense,

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was surprised by Republican Texas Rep. Wesley Hunt’s decision to miss a critical vote

One of those Republicans was Indiana's own Rep. Victoria Spartz, who represents the 5th Congressional District. A staunch fiscal hawk, Spartz has often threatened to vote against spending packages, even as she sometimes backs the GOP in the end.

The unanimous vote amounted to a bipartisan rebuke of the Senate after leaders in that chamber slipped the legal provision into legislation to reopen the government.