Over the next two weeks, Democrats and Republicans will weigh competing demands on changes to Department of Homeland Security operations.

FOX Business' Stuart Varney discusses the looming government shutdown with Bill Melugin and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y.

The deal comes ahead of the Saturday shutdown deadline, but it will also need the approval of the House, which isn't scheduled to return until Monday — and at least one Republican senator has pushed back.

The chamber approved a deal brokered by Senate Democrats and the White House to remove the DHS portion from the final spending package and extend current spending levels for the agency until Feb. 13.

The Senate reached an agreement Thursday to move forward with a government funding package while negotiations continue over reforms to immigration enforcement in the wake of the Minneapolis shooting last weekend,

The deal secures funding for most of the government while giving lawmakers two weeks to negotiate changes to immigration enforcement. It still needs to pass the House, which is in recess until Monday.

US senators began voting Friday on a deal backed by President Donald Trump to avert the worst impact of an imminent government shutdown, after a Republican holdout lifted his block

The Senate struck a deal to fund a large portion of the government on Thursday evening, just a day before a shutdown deadline. The agreement will split the bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) off from a “minibus” package of five other major funding bills.