The deal will fund all of the government except DHS until September. DHS, meanwhile, will receive funding for two weeks while lawmakers negotiate changes following public outrage over two shootings in Minneapolis by ICE agents.

"If Republicans don't do s--- for two weeks, DHS shuts down and there's little incentive for us to reopen without the guardrails on ICE," a Democratic aide told NBC News. 

While the Senate is aiming to vote today, it still needs to pass through the House - which returns to Washington on Monday, before it can be sent to Trump's desk for his signature. 

This means that funding will temporarily lapse for several agencies starting tomorrow (ahem). 

The odds of a government shutdown have surged back up to 70% (according to prediction markets), after a bipartisan deal brokered by President Donald Trump and Senate leaders to avert a partial government shutdown ran into trouble late on Jan. 29 as objections from lawmakers prevented a quick vote.

The Senate had been hoping to vote Thursday night on a government funding package after leaders struck an agreement earlier in the day and Trump publicly endorsed it. The effort stalled after at least one senator objected, forcing leaders to delay consideration until Friday.

Leaving the Capitol just before midnight Thursday after hours of negotiations, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters there were "snags on both sides" as he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) worked to clear objections ahead of a Friday midnight deadline.

"Hopefully, people will be of the spirit to try and get this done tomorrow," Thune said as the Senate was scheduled to reconvene on Friday.

As Tom Ozimek details below via The Epoch Times,the delay came after Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) placed a hold on the package, blocking the unanimous consent needed to fast-track the vote. Graham pointed to language in the bill that would repeal the so-called Arctic Frost provision that would allow senators to sue if their phone records were collected as part of former special counsel Jack Smith's probe.

Smith's investigation, codenamed Arctic Frost, was opened on the premise that it was criminal of the Trump campaign to arrange alternative sets of electors in states where the campaign was challenging the 2020 election results.

As part of the probe, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, under President Joe Biden, pursued sensitive and private information related to political opponents, including Trump, his advisers and attorneys, Congressional Republicans, and a handful of conservative groups. The investigation was dropped after Trump was elected to a second term in the White House.