
The Senate Thursday evening struck a deal with the White House to avert a government shutdown. It will vote on a two-week continuing resolution for DHS, and pass the other, non-DHS appropriations bills pending before it.
To avoid a shutdown, however, the legislation will have to pass the House; the details of how and if that will happen remain unclear.
Senate Democrats who spoke to TPM earlier Thursday were wary not to undermine Senate Minority Leader Schumer’s (D-NY) negotiations, as he and the White House homed in on a deal to silo the DHS bill and include new ICE reforms.
“It’s critical right now that we divide the spending bills so that we can focus on ICE funding & make certain that we get restrictions in place so that ICE stops terrorizing our cities,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) told TPM.