Dems relent, Senate sends $174B spending package to Trump's desk as shutdown looms over DHS funding

Despite attempts by Senate Democrats to slow the process, with lawmakers railing against recent actions by the Trump administration in Minnesota and Colorado, the power of jet fumes and an impending week-long break from the Capitol smashed through any resistance. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was hopeful that a forthcoming package would include that bill, and that it could advance through the House to the Senate in the coming weeks. "And before the end of the month the Senate will need to process all of these funding bills and get them to the president’s desk."