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With the Feb. 13 deadline to fund the Department of Homeland Security approaching, bipartisan Senate talks to curb immigration enforcement stalled, as lawmakers left Washington for the weekend without a serious plan. Democrats seek major reforms to enforcement practices while Republicans resist, heightening the risk of a DHS shutdown.
Trump and Schumer reportedly are close to a plan to fund Homeland Security separately from a wider six-bill package and possibly extend DHS funding briefly to avert a government shutdown, contingent on new limits on immigration enforcement; the NYT cites officials, though Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
The U.S. House is scheduled to vote on a Republican bill to fund the government until November 21, amidst ongoing disagreements with Democrats over the funding plan, with the Senate likely to reject the measure, raising the risk of a government shutdown.
The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives plans to push for steep spending cuts this week, despite the risk of a partial government shutdown by next Sunday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had previously reached a spending agreement with Democratic President Joe Biden to avoid a shutdown, but some members of his own party are demanding steeper cuts that are likely to be rejected by the Democratic-controlled Senate. If Congress fails to provide funding for the new fiscal year starting on October 1, hundreds of thousands of federal workers could be furloughed and various services suspended. McCarthy hopes to pass a stopgap spending bill to avoid a shutdown, but faces opposition from hardline Republicans.