Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said Tuesday she expects the federal government to shut down in January, warning that Congress is unlikely to pass required spending bills before current funding expires, setting up another high-stakes budget showdown early in the new year.

Crockett made the remarks during her livestream, "Crockett's Quarterly Update," on Facebook, citing what she described as stalled negotiations and a lack of legislative progress since the government reopened earlier this fall.

"I see the government shutting down," Crockett said.

She said the expected impasse would keep lawmakers in Washington during January as the funding deadline approaches.

"One of the reasons that I am going to be a little bit more absent than I would like to be in my district, especially in January, is because we are going to have to stay in D.C., and if the government shuts down, I won't be able to get out," she said, describing her prospective absence.

Crockett, who earlier this month announced her campaign for the U.S. Senate seat held by Texas Sen. John Cornyn, said she does not view the likelihood of the new shutdown as partisan, likewise minimizing Democrats' responsibility. The last shutdown ended in November after 43 days, when Democrats attempted to extend Obamacare subsidies, which were introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic and prolonged in 2022.  

"There is just one group of people that couldn't care less about doing what they're supposed to do, which is to govern," she said of Republicans.

Congress is currently operating under a continuing resolution passed after the government reopened this fall. The measure funds federal agencies through Jan. 30.

Lawmakers were expected to pass 12 appropriations bills to fund the government for the full fiscal year, but have not approved any since reopening.

The most recent shutdown began Oct. 1 and lasted 43 days, making it the longest in U.S. history.

"We went out basically [on] Oct. 1 and after we went out, we couldn't get anything done," Crockett said. "It's now technically two months later, still nothing's been done. So I don't see how we are going to get to the point that we end up in a space in which the government does not shut down."

Democrats in the Senate are also debating whether to revisit disputes from the last shutdown, including efforts to pressure Republicans over expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies.

Eight Democratic senators ultimately agreed to reopen the government without conditions tied to those subsidies, which are now projected to lapse, potentially increasing monthly health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

President Donald Trump has rejected that characterization and accused Democrats of being willing to force a shutdown to gain leverage in policy disputes.

"The problem is that Democrats will shut down the government because they are beholden ... to the insurance companies," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina last week. "So I don't know what they can do about it, but they'll probably close down the government. It's so simple."

Both parties have used shutdown warnings as leverage in past budget standoffs, with neither side conceding responsibility as the next funding deadline approaches.