President Donald Trump on Thursday approved a Senate The agreement will fund the vast majority of federal government departments for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Trump’s support could significantly ease passage of six funding packages being considered by the Senate, with partial passage just over a day away. government shutdown. Shortly before Trump’s announcement, senators reached a deal to remove funding for the Department of Homeland Security from the package and pass five other bills while the Department of Homeland Security would receive funding through a stopgap measure.

“Republicans and Democrats in Congress are coming together to fund the vast majority of government through September, while also extending the Department of Homeland Security, including the very important Coast Guard, which we are expanding and rebuilding like never before,” Trump said on “Truth Society.” postal.

“Hopefully both Republicans and Democrats will cast the much needed bipartisan ‘yes’ vote,” he said.

The Senate is expected to begin consideration Thursday night of the revised bill, which would provide funding for the departments of Defense, Treasury, State, Health and Human Services, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation and Education. Democrats have called for the removal of parts of the bill involving the Department of Homeland Security after two U.S. citizens were shot to death by federal immigration agents. minnesota this month.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer’sThe New York state office said shortly before Trump’s announcement that an agreement had been reached to separate the Homeland Security portion from the rest of the bill. Schumer’s office said the Department of Homeland Security’s stopgap measure would be to provide two weeks of funding.

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