Trump Funding Deal Passes Senate as Short US Shutdown Looms (1)

The Senate late Friday passed a government spending package aimed at averting a long US government shutdown as the White House continues to negotiate with Democrats on placing new limits on immigration raids that have provoked a national outcry.

Several government agencies are still headed for at least a short lapse in funding, with House Speaker Mike Johnson not planning to hold a vote on the legislation until Monday. Funding for those agencies — which include the Treasury, Defense, Homeland Security, Transportation, Health and Human Services and Labor Departments — expires at midnight.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson said his chamber is not expected to return to Washington until Monday

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The partial government shutdown is not expected to have widespread effects on government operations if it is resolved by early next week.

Still, the affected agencies will go through the formal process of shutting down.

The White House budget office instructed agencies on Friday night to begin shutdown procedures, a move that signals the expectation of at least a three-day shutdown through Monday. Agencies generally take half a day to shut down, and another half day to resume operations.

“It is our hope that this lapse will be short,” White House Budget Director Russ Vought said in a memo.

If the House passes the funding legislation early Monday, operations may be able to re-open that same day, an administration official said.

A shutdown at midnight would mark the second time Congress has failed to fund the government during President Donald Trump’s second term. The last spending stand-off was resolved after a 43-day impasse that halted food aid to millions of households, canceled thousands of flights and forced federal workers to go unpaid for more than a month.

Furloughed federal workers carry bags and pull carts at a Capital Area Food Bank distribution site in Hyattsville, Maryland, in November 2025.

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Lawmakers predict this spending lapse will be resolved in a matter of days, which would mean few disruptions to travel, government economic data releases and paychecks for federal workers.

Johnson plans to bring the package to a vote Monday evening under an expedited process that requires a two-thirds majority, a person familiar with the decision said. It could be a tight vote amid resistance from both ends of the political spectrum. House Democratic leaders, who weren’t involved in the talks with the White House, are evaluating the package and have not committed to supporting it, a House Democratic aide said.

Earlier: Democrats Demand Immigration Crackdown Curbs to Avert Shutdown

The shutdown fight erupted after a US citizen, Alex Pretti, was killed in a confrontation with Border Patrol officers in Minneapolis last weekend. Democrats refused to renew funding for the Homeland Security Department unless new restraints were placed on immigration enforcement.

A memorial for Alex Pretti near the scene of a fatal shooting by federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. Democrats refused to renew funding for the Homeland Security Department unless new restraints were placed on immigration enforcement.

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The Senate-passed bill would fund the Homeland Security Department for two weeks to allow more time for negotiations. The package contains funding for several other government agencies through the end of September.

The package hit delays late Thursday when Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina announced he was blocking the bill for, among other criticisms, its repeal of a law that could result in him receiving court judgments worth millions of dollars.

The House last week voted unanimously to repeal that provision which allows eight senators to sue the Justice Department over phone meta data seized during the “Arctic Frost” investigation into an attempt to undermine the 2020 presidential election.

Senator Lindsey Graham

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Graham has said he plans to seek legal recourse under that law to make a point about the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches. House Republicans sponsored the amendment to repeal the provision, saying it is a waste of money and an unfair benefit to the senators who were investigated.

Graham denounced the House effort to repeal the provision in a speech Friday on the Senate floor.

“You jammed me, Speaker Johnson. I won’t forget this,” Graham said.

(Updates with shutdown timeline starting in fifth paragraph.)

--With assistance from Gregory Korte and Alicia Diaz.

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