How fights over ICE funding are playing out on the Hill and in midterm races

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  Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast for Friday, February 6th, 2026.

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  I'm Tamara Keith.

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  I cover the White House.

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  I'm Ashley Lopez.

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  I cover politics.

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  I'm Sam Gringlas.

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  I cover Congress.

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  And let's talk about the week that was in Washington starting with the blink and you'll miss it partial government shutdown.

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  Sam, remind us why was there a shutdown in the first place?

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  The short answer is the two deadly shootings by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis.

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  Democrats said that they would not approve more funding for the Department of Homeland Security,

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  which includes immigration and customs enforcement and customs and border protection without adding guardrails in the law to restrain these enforcement tactics.

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  And they ran out of money.

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  They ran out of time.

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  But then.

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  they came together and passed a temporary extension of that Homeland Security funding and funded the rest of the government for the rest of the year.

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  So yeah,

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  so we had this partial shutdown because the house had to come back and sign off on that deal.

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  The house was not in Washington.

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  Once they did come back and sign off, it actually set up another deadline clock,

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