After working with Democrats to pass a $1.2 trillion appropriations bill, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) managed to get six separate funding bills to the US Senate prior to the midnight partial government shutdown deadline. However, Senate Republicans have stalled the process to a halt after loading down the 1,000-plus page bill with numerous amendments pertaining to various issues like immigration and the Southern border. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) didn’t hold back in a tweet blaming his Republican colleagues (whom he referred to as “gremlins”) for the impending shutdo…