00:00After initial hopes of a bipartisan compromise to approve government spending...
00:05...a partial U.S. government shutdown is looking more and more likely.
00:10Democratic senators say they will not approve a budget bill for the Department of Homeland Security...
00:15...after federal agents that it employs fatally shot a second U.S. citizen...
00:20...in Minneapolis over the weekend.
00:22The DHS bill is woefully inadequate...
00:25...to rein in the abuses of ICE.
00:27I will vote no.
00:28Senate Democrats will not provide the...
00:30...votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
00:35The DHS spending bill is part of a larger package that outlines funding for other governments...
00:40...government agencies.
00:41Republicans will need some Democratic support to pass it before existing...
00:45...funding expires on January 31st.
00:50...the Democratic senator from Nevada and one of the possible swing voters...
00:54...said she was...
00:55...would not support the legislation without changes to how immigration and customs enforcement...
01:00...or ICE is operated.
01:02Meanwhile, Washington Senator Patty Murray who...
01:05...had been pushing her colleagues to vote for the spending package...
01:08...reversed her stance, saying...
01:10...federal agents cannot murder people in broad daylight and face zero consequences.
01:15She also called for the DHS budget bill to be split off from the larger funding package...
01:20...in which $64.4 billion is appropriated for Homeland Security.
01:25...including $10 billion for ICE.
01:27However, even splitting off this segment...
01:30...wouldn't avoid a shutdown for sure.
01:32The House, which is currently on recess, would have to...
01:35...will be returned to pass the funding package if it's changed...
01:38...and then send the legislation back...
01:40...to the Senate for approval before the January 31st deadline.
01:44Republicans...
01:45...and Democrats had hoped to avoid another shutdown after a 43-day closure...
01:50...last autumn.
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