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With the House not voting until Monday, the Pentagon and most domestic agencies are set to shutter briefly.
By reaching the agreement, the Senate has only prolonged a partial government shutdown. As Senate Democrats have begun to demand a DHS spending bill currently attached to the spending package be stripped as they work to reform the agency following Alex Pretti's death.
The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.
Government shutdown all but guaranteed as House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says earliest action on Senate-passed spending bill is Monday, with two-thirds majority potentially needed.
The Detroit Democrat's habitual absences in the state Senate break with a longstanding tradition in Michigan of presiding over daily sessions.
The Senate failed to advance legislation to fund major portions of the government as talks over reforming ICE continue.
House leaders are aiming to expedite consideration of the Senate's deal to fund the government as a shutdown looms after midnight.
Senate Democrats say Republicans have agreed to separate DHS funding from a package of five other appropriations bills that have already passed the House but have not yet cleared the Senate.