Government funding negotiations hit a snag after Democrats announced the agreement

The Senate, now facing a deadlock in negotiations, did not cast votes on the government funding deal on Thursday, bringing the government closer to a partial shutdown with just over 24 hours until the funding runs out.

Senate Democrats announced earlier Thursday that they had reached an agreement with the White House to move forward with a plan that would see the Department of Homeland Security funding bill separated from a package of five other bills. Programs funded through the five-bill package will run through the end of September. DHS will be funded for an additional two weeks to allow lawmakers to negotiate other provisions in the package.

The Senate must get unanimous approval to move forward with this plan if it wants to hold a vote before Friday night’s deadline. As the matter stood Thursday night, there appeared to be objections from senators on both sides of the aisle to disrupting business.

“Tomorrow is another day, and I hope people are in the spirit to try to get this done tomorrow,” Majority Leader John Thune said as he left the Capitol late Thursday.

If senators cannot win over opponents by Friday, they will force the government into a partial shutdown. The Senate is scheduled to meet again at 11 a.m. on Friday to see if they can reach an agreement. Any agreement they reach will still need to be approved by the House of Representatives, so at least a short partial shutdown is very likely at this point.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is the Senate’s most vocal objector to the deal. He stormed into Republican Leader John Thune’s office earlier tonight, calling the pending agreement between Democrats and the White House a “bad deal” and telling reporters that he objects to its progress.

Graham called the treatment of ICE officers “unreasonable” when asked about his objections to the measure.

“From a Republican standpoint, the cops need us now,” Graham said. “They’re being demonized. They’re being spit on. They can’t sleep at night.” “Are they right to want to change some of ICE’s procedures? Absolutely. But I’m not going to lead this debate for two weeks before I can explain to the American people what I think the problem is. The problem is, structurally, the country has been devastated for four years.”

Graham also appears to oppose the deal because it would remove a controversial provision, passed in a stopgap funding bill earlier this year, that allows senators to file lawsuits if their phone records are accessed without warning. Graham was one of seven Republican senators whose phone number data was accessed by special counsel Jack Smith during his investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

“I’m not going to ignore what happened,” Graham said. “If you have been abused, and your phone records have been illegally seized, you should have your day in court.

It appears there may be other senators who have separate challenges with the funding bill plan as well, but it is not yet clear who those senators are.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blamed Republicans for tonight’s halt in voting.

“Republicans must unite their efforts,” he said as he left the Capitol.

But when asked if any Democrats had notable objections to the bill that could hold things up, Schumer didn’t offer a clear answer.

Thawne is still there, he said “Obstacles on both sides” are preventing the bill from moving forward, but he did not provide details about Democratic objections.

“They’ve got some issues on their side that they’ve got to solve, we’ve got some things that we’ve got to work on. But hopefully by sometime tomorrow we’ll be in a better position,” Thune said.

It is likely that even if the Senate approves the bills, there will still be a short partial shutdown — and the bills will need to return to the House for consideration. It seems unlikely that the House, which is in recess until Monday, will be able to pass any of these bills before the funding deadline on Friday night.

Earlier Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson told ABC News’ Selena Wang that bringing the House back before Monday “may not be possible.”

“So, we have some logistical challenges, but we will do it as quickly as we can and get everyone back,” Johnson said at the “Melania” premiere. “And if there is a short-term closure, I think we will reopen quickly.”

Asked earlier Thursday whether he agreed with the agreement reached by Senate Democrats, Johnson said he had not yet seen the details of the bill. But when asked if he supports Democratic demands to rein in federal agents — including banning face masks and requiring body cameras — Johnson said “no.”

Democrats called for defunding the Department of Homeland Security after the death Renee Goode, a mother of three who was fatally shot by an immigration enforcement officer in Minneapolis earlier this month, has become even more urgent after her death. alex peretti, An intensive care unit nurse was killed in a shooting involving federal law enforcement over the weekend.

After urging from Democrats, a critical mass of Republicans appeared ready Thursday afternoon to support the agreement.

Earlier Thursday, Senate Democrats voted unanimously to block a package of six funding bills, failing to move forward by a vote of 45 to 55. It would have needed at least 60 votes to move forward. Many Republicans also cast votes against the package.

Entering negotiations, Senate Democrats laid out a list of additional demands including: ending roving patrols, ensuring federal agents are held to the same use-of-force policies that apply to state and local law enforcement, banning agents from wearing masks and requiring body cameras.

On Thursday, President Donald Trump struck an optimistic tone about avoiding a shutdown.

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ABC News’ Selena Wang contributed to this report.