House Democrats are signaling resistance to a spending deal negotiated in the Senate, a move that could extend the ongoing partial government shutdown as House leaders struggle to assemble enough votes to advance the legislation.

Fox News Digital was told that House Democrats do not feel bound by the agreement reached between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the White House, despite pressure to move the bill quickly through the House.

The disagreement comes as the federal government entered a partial shutdown in the early hours of Saturday after Congress failed to reach a compromise on annual funding by the Jan. 30 deadline.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., made clear to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., that Republicans’ plan to fast-track the Senate deal on Monday evening would fail, according to four House GOP sources who spoke with Fox News Digital.

That warning significantly complicates the path forward for Johnson, who leads a narrow Republican majority and now faces multiple procedural hurdles before the bill can reach a final vote, likely no earlier than Tuesday.

The shutdown affects several major federal departments, with funding for the departments of War, Transportation, Health and Human Services, and the Department of Homeland Security now in question.

While some areas of the government were already funded through separate legislation, the lapse places uncertainty over paychecks for federal workers and the continuity of key services.

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Sources told Fox News Digital that House Democrats are frustrated with Schumer’s deal and the expectation that they would simply accept it.

According to those sources, the House caucus believes the Senate agreement does not adequately reflect their priorities and was negotiated without sufficient consideration of House Democratic concerns.

“Democrat division creates another government shutdown,” one House Republican told Fox News Digital.

Republican leaders, however, face challenges of their own. Multiple GOP lawmakers have raised concerns about provisions in the compromise that would require further negotiations with Democrats over President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts.

Other Republicans are seeking unrelated policy concessions in exchange for their votes.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., told Fox News Digital that she would not support the legislation unless it included a separate measure requiring proof of citizenship in the voter registration process, a proposal that has broad support within the GOP but is not part of the current spending package.

Johnson initially told House Republicans during a lawmakers-only call on Friday that he hoped to move the bill under “suspension of the rules,” a procedure that allows for expedited consideration but raises the threshold for passage from a simple majority to two-thirds of the chamber.

That approach would have required bipartisan support, but Democratic resistance has forced leadership to reconsider.

Instead, the House Rules Committee, which serves as the final gatekeeper before most floor votes, is now expected to consider the legislation on Monday afternoon.

If it advances, the bill must still clear a House-wide rule vote, a procedural test that typically falls along party lines, before lawmakers can vote on final passage.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., suggested that Jeffries would not fall in line behind Schumer’s Senate deal.

Speaking earlier on Saturday, Emmer told Fox News Live anchor Aishah Hasnie, “We can’t trust the minority leader to be able to get his members to do the right thing. That’s the issue.”

The Senate-approved package combined five spending bills that had already passed the House but omitted a bipartisan proposal to fund DHS on a longer-term basis.

Instead, the deal would fund DHS at current levels for two weeks, giving Democrats and Republicans additional time to negotiate a broader agreement that would also address Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Democrats pushed for changes to ICE policy following federal law enforcement-involved killings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis during anti-ICE demonstrations.

Those demands became a central sticking point in negotiations over DHS funding.

After the Senate vote on Friday, Jeffries declined to commit House Democrats to supporting the deal. In a public statement, he said,

“The House Democratic Caucus will evaluate the spending legislation passed by the Senate on its merits and then decide how to proceed legislatively.”

Failure to advance the legislation promptly could have wide-ranging consequences.

Paychecks for military service members and airport workers could be delayed or paused, and funding for natural disaster management and federal healthcare services could be disrupted if the shutdown continues.

As lawmakers return to Washington, both parties face mounting pressure to resolve the standoff.

With House Democrats signaling resistance and Republicans divided over the terms of the compromise, the path to reopening the government remains uncertain.

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