"The Senate voted on Friday evening to pass the federal budget, funding everything except for one entity: the Department of Homeland Security, which was given a two-week funding extension in order to negotiate new guardrails around Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). If no agreement is reached, DHS funding will lapse and the department will face a shutdown. The agreement - the result of frenzied negotiations between a united Senate Democrat caucus, their Republican counterparts, and the White House - passed 71-29."
"It's a stunning reversal of course for the DHS funding bill, which was expected to pass the Senate with a handful of moderate Dem votes, despite vocal opposition for its continued funding of ICE. But after federal agents killed Alex Pretti during a protest in Minneapolis, the Senate Democrats unanimously announced that they would not vote to continue funding the DHS without significant reforms to ICE, forcing the Trump administration into negotiations over keeping the government open."
The Senate approved the federal budget while excluding the Department of Homeland Security, granting DHS a two-week funding extension to negotiate new guardrails around ICE. If negotiators fail to reach an agreement, DHS funding will lapse and the department will face a shutdown. The stopgap arrangement passed 71-29 after intense negotiations among Senate Democrats, Republicans, and the White House. DHS will remain unfunded over the weekend until the House reconvenes on Monday to act. The Senate Democrats reversed earlier expectations following the killing of Alex Pretti and demanded significant ICE reforms, with a poll showing majority voter support for forcing a partial shutdown.
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