Senate races to avert third shutdown as DHS deal takes shape

The Senate is scrambling to debar a 3rd authorities shutdown nether President Donald Trump, and aft negotiations seemingly appeared to deed a ceramic wall, lawmakers are cautiously optimistic that a woody could beryllium made. 

Senate Republicans received Senate Democrats' "partisan wishlist" of demands implicit the weekend, sources acquainted with negotiations told Fox News Digital. The White House sent implicit its ain counter-proposal, but respective lawmakers weren't wide what was successful bundle arsenic of Monday night. 

Some, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., wouldn't say, but noted that legislature Democrats and the White House were "trading papers," and signaled that the backmost and distant enactment was a bully motion of negotiations moving forward. 

But lawmakers aren't retired of the woods yet, a world that Thune warned of since Senate Democrats demanded a two-week backing hold for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Congress has until Friday to avert a shutdown and small clip to really determination a short-term spot from 1 broadside of the gathering to the other. 

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Republicans are mulling different short-term extension, known arsenic a continuing solution (CR), to avert a partial shutdown. Thune said whether Democrats would motion disconnected depended connected however good inheritance negotiations were going, but hinted that truthful far, things were moving toward a solution. 

"I think, based connected what I'm acquainted with astir the treatment truthful far, I deliberation determination is, but we'll cognize much erstwhile the connection comes back," Thune said. "Let's person a accidental to measure it." 

Thune aboriginal said that helium planned to tee up different CR connected Tuesday, but noted that the magnitude would "have to beryllium negotiated. But let's spot what the adjacent time brings and we'll spell from there."

Democrats’ premier nonsubjective is reining successful Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), pursuing the fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good. 

The connection they submitted included items that are a span excessively acold for Republicans, including requiring ICE agents to get judicial warrants, de-mask and person recognition acceptable — immoderate successful the GOP pass doing truthful would pb to much agents being doxxed, oregon erstwhile a person’s backstage accusation is made public, similar their address. 

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned that the "clock is ticking" for Republicans to respond. 

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"We person sent you our proposals, and they are exceedingly reasonable," Schumer said connected the Senate floor. "I anticipation our colleagues connected the different side, galore of whom, astatine slightest present successful the Senate, admit that things request to change, amusement they're acceptable to enactment successful a meaningful way."

Prior to Democrats yet handing implicit the legislative mentation of their demands connected Saturday, Republicans publically questioned if they really wanted to person superior negotiations. That changed implicit the weekend. 

A White House authoritative told Fox News that "President Trump has been consistent, helium wants the authorities unfastened and the Administration has been moving with some parties to guarantee the American radical don’t person to endure different drawn-out, senseless, and hurtful shutdown."

Meanwhile, the scope and standard of a imaginable 3rd closure would beryllium constricted to conscionable the DHS, but would truly lone person an effect connected FEMA, TSA, the Coast Guard and different priorities nether the agency's umbrella. That's due to the fact that ICE and migration operations are flush with billions from Trump's "big, beauteous bill." 

"To accidental that the information of Americans is not paramount, I think, would beryllium a immense mistake for the Democrats, and I surely anticipation that they'll proceed to run successful bully faith," Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and the seat of the Homeland Security spending panel, said.

"Because you bash realize, ICE and [Customs and Border Patrol] would proceed to beryllium funded," she continued. 

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Things are besides astir to get analyzable rapidly successful the precocious chamber. Lawmakers are acceptable to permission Washington, D.C., for a weeklong recess this Thursday, and galore are headed overseas to the Munich Security Conference. 

That starts connected the time of the deadline and lasts done the weekend. Thune warned that it was imaginable helium would cancel the upcoming recess, particularly if determination was small advancement toward avoiding a DHS shutdown. 

Still, Senate Democrats judge that the shot is successful the GOP's tribunal and are waiting for their counterparts to act. 

"I mean, I deliberation they're beauteous reasonable," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and the apical Democrat connected the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations panel, said.

"I mean, we did not inquire for the moon," helium continued. "We asked for targeted but impactful changes successful the mode that ICE is terrorizing American cities. So evidently we're consenting to negotiate."