Shutdown looms as ICE shootings spawn partisan fight over DHS funding

The federal government appeared headed for a partial government shutdown this week, with Republicans and Democrats at odds over funding for President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security after the fatal shooting of a second U.S. citizen by federal immigration officers in Minnesota.



Senate Democrats said they would not provide the votes needed to pass a $64.4 billion DHS bill and called on Republicans to strip the legislation from a larger package that would also fund programs in five other areas through September 30, including defense, health, transportation, education and housing. Current funding for those programs expires after midnight on Friday.



Senate Republicans, who control the chamber by a 53-47 seat majority, showed no sign of heeding Democrats, while the White House called on lawmakers to pass the full package to avoid the shuttering of federal agencies barely three months after the longest shutdown in U.S. history ended in November.