Democrats block government funding package in Senate as negotiations continue to avert shutdown
MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM
Associated Press
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With a partial government shutdown looming by week's end, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., confers with an aide following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 28.
MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Democrats voted to block legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security and several other agencies Thursday as they continued to negotiate with Republicans and the White House on new restrictions for President Donald Trump’s surge of immigration enforcement.
With a partial government shutdown looming by week's end, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., confers with an aide following a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on spending legislation that funds the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 28.