FILE—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and a swath of other government agencies as the country reels from the deaths of two people at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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The Senate voted Friday to keep most of the federal government funded through the end of September after President Donald Trump struck a deal with Democrats to temporarily separate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding and allow debate over new limits on federal immigration raids.

Newsweek reached out to the White House along with the offices of House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries via email on Friday evening outside normal business hours for comment.

Why It Matters

Trump in the fall oversaw the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, with a deal reached after 43 days. Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the stall, which ended up leading to mass layoffs of the federal workforce and states picking up the cost of food assistance and other American aid programs.

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Democrats made clear that they were prepared for another shutdown in the face of spiraling confidence in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following the deadly shooting of two Americans—Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, both age 37—by federal agents in Minneapolis this month in separate incidents.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday waits to speak to reporters following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and a slew of other government agencies, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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What To Know

With just one day to go before a shutdown would commence, Democrats and the White House struck a deal that will separate DHS funding from the main package. The measure passed the Senate 71-29 and now heads to the House, where a brief partial shutdown remains possible until lawmakers return on Monday.

Under the deal, which totals around $1.2 trillion in funding, Homeland Security would be funded at current levels for two weeks while lawmakers consider Democratic demands for greater oversight and accountability pertaining to immigration enforcement.

Trump encouraged both parties to support the bill, seemingly eager to avoid another shutdown. In a post to Truth Social, the president stressed that "the only thing that can slow our Country down is another long and damaging Government Shutdown."

"Hopefully, both Republicans and Democrats will give a very much needed Bipartisan “YES” Vote," Trump wrote Thursday.

Johnson told House Republicans in a Friday afternoon conference call that he hopes to pass the bill under a fast-track process, which would allow him to avoid needing unified Republican support to pass the package—although that measure requires a two-thirds vote to suspend the rules, according to The Hill.

Politico reported that a spokesperson for Jeffries indicated no agreement has been reached between Democratic and Republican leadership in backing the bill, with the Democratic caucus likely to be sharply divided due to the funding to DHS—a sticking point that prevented roughly half of Senate Democrats to vote against the funding bill on Friday.

Update 1/30/26, 7:55 p.m. ET: This article has been updated to include additional information.

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