SHUTDOWN DAY 33: Federal courts say they\'ll be crippled by next week; bills in Congress to reopen the government look dead on arrival

• The federal government is now in the 33rd day of its partial shutdown.
• The federal court system warned Tuesday that it will soon run out of funds, and pare operations down to "critical" functions from February 1.
• The Senate will vote on two competing proposals to reopen the government on Thursday, though neither is expected to pass.
• One bill, endorsed by President Donald Trump but already rejected by Democrats, proposes temporary protection for so-called Dreamers in exchange for $5.7 billion in border wall funding.
• A Democrat-backed bill offers a stopgap funding measure that would reopen the government until February 8, but lacks the border wall money that Trump says is a red line.

The federal court system warned that it will soon run out of funds and will be forced to pare its operations down to "critical" functions, as the record government shutdown rolls into its thirty-third day.

Congress is preparing to debate two bills which aim to reopen the government, but the prospects for both seem poor. Both bills come before the Senate for a vote tomorrow, but neither party appears to have a proposal which could break the deadlock.

Courts officials sounded a warning siren on Tuesday. The Administrative Office of the US Courts said its contingency funding plans can only continue until January 31, having been extended twice already.

It said that courts would be reduced to "mission critical" operations, with civil cases will be the most affected. Each court will determine how many staff members it needs to keep, with the majority expected to be furloughed.

It said that courts have already cut down on expenses like hiring and travel, but will need to make far deeper cuts soon.

It said the prior strategy of using other small pools of money, and cutting where they could, was a "temporary stopgap" that cannot be repeated if the shutdown continues into February.

It said that courts would still be able to conduct criminal trials.

Bills to reopen the government look dead on arrival

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell leaves the chamber after talking about his bill on Tuesday.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Two competing proposals to reopen the government are expected to fail in the Senate on Thursday, based on the publicly-stated positions of both parties.

One of the votes will be on a Republican bill endorsed by President Donald Trump, which asks for the $5.7 billion Trump wants for a wall along the US-Mexico border.

In exchange it offers temporary protection for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as Dreamers, as well as other immigrants.

Democrats have already rejected the deal. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it "unacceptable," while Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described Trump's strategy as "hostage-taking."

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As such, the plan is unlikely to get the 60 votes it needs to pass the Senate, and if it did it would almost certainly be rejected by the Democrat-controlled House.

The other plan is backed by Democrats, and has already passed the House, where Democrats have control.

It would fund the government until February 8, allowing both parties to negotiate on funding for the border wall without the extra crisis of a government shutdown.

But the bill does not include any new money for the wall, which Trump has said is his red line for ending the shutdown.

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told CNN on Tuesday that he does not support the bill.

This means the stalemate between the two parties is likely to continue.

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