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The Senate advanced a massive five-bill appropriations package Friday night.
It funds the Pentagon, Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education.
It also includes a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks.
The Senate funding package comes after the White House struck a deal with Democrats who want serious changes in DHS policy after its agents shot and killed Alex Pratt in Minneapolis.
The funding package now goes back to the House, which returns Monday.
The government will remain partially shut down until the House advances the package and President Trump signs it.
Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
The Senate advanced a massive five-bill appropriations package Friday night.
It funds the Pentagon, Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education.
It also includes a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks.
The Senate funding package comes after the White House struck a deal with Democrats who want serious changes in DHS policy after its agents shot and killed Alex Pratt in Minneapolis.
The funding package now goes back to the House, which returns Monday.
The government will remain partially shut down until the House advances the package and President Trump signs it.
Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Senate Democrats and Republicans reached a deal to keep the government running.
The agreement includes five appropriations bills funding the Pentagon, Departments of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Education.
The deal also includes a stopgap measure to fund the Department of Homeland Security for two weeks.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says the DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement needs reform following the killing of Alex Preddy in Minneapolis.
Here's Schumer on the Senate floor.
The government funding package now goes back to the House, which returns Monday.