The chances of a partial federal government shutdown just got a lot higher. As the clock ticks toward a critical deadline, Senate Democrats are digging in their heels, promising to block a spending bill needed to keep the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) running.
The political standoff intensified just hours after a deadly shooting involving a federal officer in Minneapolis.
In the wake of the incident, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made the party’s position clear: Democrats will not provide the necessary 60 votes to advance the funding package if it includes the current measures for the DHS.
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Schumer was direct in his reasoning, calling the current funding plan “woefully inadequate to rein in the abuses” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Congress is now in a race against time. Lawmakers have until midnight on Friday to bridge the gap, or the government will go dark.
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