The Senate passed legislation Friday to fund most federal operations through the end of September, but a partial government shutdown, likely lasting at least through the weekend, still went into effect.
Funding for 78% of the federal government lapsed at midnight Saturday despite a deal struck between Senate Democrats and the White House aimed at averting a shutdown.
The deal separated funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) – which oversees the federal law enforcement agencies handling the Trump administration’s controversial immigration crackdown – from a six-bill package that cleared the House last week.
The $1.2 trillion bill cleared the Senate in a 71-29 vote.
But with the House in recess until Monday, the lower chamber was not in a position to approve the Senate’s changes to the so-called “minibus” before the shutdown deadline.
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