Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the media following Senate votes regarding a dispute over immigration enforcement ahead of a looming partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, US, on Friday Elizabeth FrantzReutersBy Al Jazeera and News AgenciesPublished On 31 Jan 202631 Jan 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2SharefacebooktwitterwhatsappcopylinkSaveUnited States senators have approved a last-minute deal to avert the worst impacts of an imminent government shutdown, after Democratic anger over the killing of two people by immigration agents derailed government funding talks.After hours of delay, the US Senate passed the compromise spending package on Friday by a bipartisan vote of 71 to 29.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Iran says ready for fair talks with US but not under shadow of threatslist 2 of 4Is Trumps choice for US Fed chair a chameleon or a solid pick?list 3 of 4Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,437list 4 of 4More than 200 killed in mine collapse in eastern DR Congo: Reportend of listBut a shutdown is still set to begin on Saturday because the House of Representatives is out of session until Monday, meaning it cannot ratify the Senates agreement before the midnight deadline on Friday making a weekend funding lapse unavoidable.Senate leaders say the legislation approved on Friday will nonetheless greatly increase the chances that the shutdown ends quickly, potentially within days.Technically, t
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