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The Senate passed a deal on a package of spending bills late Friday, sending it to the House, though funding for dozens of government agencies has still lapsed.
Parts of the government are poised to shut down at midnight and the White House said it must go through the formal procedures that accompany that outcome, despite a resolution appearing imminent. The House is still in recess and will not return until Monday, meaning funding cannot be restored until that afternoon at the earliest.
At 12 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Feb. 1, the federal government will enter a "brief partial shutdown," Guam Delegate James Moylan said in a statement to the Guam community