U.S., Senate approves government funding agreement

Washington, Jan. 31 (LaPresse) – The United States Senate has approved the measure to fund the government until the end of September. With a shutdown looming, yesterday President Donald Trump reached an unusual agreement with Senate Democrats, following the deaths of two protesters at the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. Under the agreement, funding for Homeland Security will remain at current levels for two weeks, while legislators consider the Democrats’ requests to discuss new restrictions on federal raids. The bill was approved with 71 votes in favor and 29 against. It will now move to the House, which, however, will not reconvene until Monday. This means the government could face a temporary partial shutdown over the weekend until the bill is approved.