- The U.S. government is on track to begin at least a brief partial shutdown early Saturday morning after a planned Senate vote on a funding deal to keep federal agencies open stalled.
- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told reporters late Thursday, “This is a bad deal,” as he went into the office of Senate Majority Leader John Thune.
- The agreement would strip funding for the Department of Homeland Security from a package to allocate money for other government agencies.
This is what Miss Lindsey has his panties in a bunch over; he wants his ‘bigly’ payout:
The Senate failed to vote on funding legislation Thursday night after South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham reportedly objected.
Majority Leader John Thune was looking to quickly pass a package of five bills – through a process requiring unanimous agreement – to avoid a partial government shutdown beginning Saturday. Graham told reporters after a meeting with Thune that there wasn’t going to be a vote.
He was reportedly opposed to a provision in the legislation, which would fund a significant portion of the government, that prevents senators from seeking remedies for investigations into them. The funding package would repeal a law enabling Graham and several other senators to seek at least half a million dollars if their phone records were accessed without notification.
“I fixed the problem that people had. I’m not going to ignore what happened,” Graham told reporters, according to Punchbowl News’s Laura Weiss.
“If you were abused, you think you were abused, your phone records were illegally seized – you should have your day in court.”
Already an Update:
Lindsey Graham signals path to defuse funding threat:
Sen. Lindsey Graham laid out a path to pass a funding deal Friday, potentially defusing a standoff that threatens to extend a potential government shutdown set to begin within hours.
Senate Republican leaders believe they can move forward with approval of the spending agreement notched by President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats by offering votes on amendments demanded by the South Carolina Republican — one related to cities that don’t comply with federal immigration laws and two changes related to the defunct investigation into the 2020 election led by former special counsel Jack Smith.
Giving Graham those amendment votes would require sign-on from all 99 of his colleagues.
“I’m asking this body to guarantee me that vote, and we move forward,” Graham said about his sanctuary cities proposal.
And The Fascist Felon Files Suit Against We the People:
Trump, two sons, Trump Org sue IRS, Treasury for $10 billion over tax records leak
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- President Donald Trump, his two eldest sons and his family business sued the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department over alleged leaks of their confidential tax information.
- The plaintiffs seek at least $10 billion in damages, according to the lawsuit in Miami federal court.
- “The IRS wrongly allowed a rogue, politically-motivated employee to leak private and confidential information about President Trump, his family, and the Trump Organization to the New York Times, ProPublica and other left-wing news outlets,” a spokesman for Trump’s legal team said.
Q: Why are you suing the IRS? TRUMP: Who are you with? Q: ABC News TRUMP: You are a loud person. Let somebody else have a chance Q: Can you answer the question? TRUMP: ABC fake news. I didn't call on you
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) January 30, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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