Another busy week in Washington and another partial government shutdown.Â
The Senate leaders announced earlier this week that they had come to an agreement on a two-year budget deal as well as a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 23. But the week was not without drama. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., used the powers of leadership in the chamber to speak on the floor for eight hours and six minutes on Wednesday to ask the speaker to make a commitment to immigration legislation.Â
At the end of the week, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., objected to a procedure in the Senate that would have sped up consideration of the budget deal on the floor, forcing a nearly eight hour government shutdown while the Senate and House stayed in early into the hours of Friday morning to send the bill to the president’s desk.
Here’s the entire week in photos:
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