With the weekend closing in, Trump made a rare deal with Senate Democrats on Thursday after death of two protesters in the hands of federal agents in Minneapolis. Under the deal, Homeland Security funding will remain at current levels for two weeks while lawmakers consider Democratic demands to unmask agents, require more warrants and allow local authorities to help investigate any incidents.

The bill passed by a vote of 71-29. It is now on its way to the House, not to be returned until Monday. That means the government will be temporarily in a partial shutdown over the weekend until they pass it.

As lawmakers in both parties called for investigations into the fatal shootings of federal agents, Trump said he does not want a shutdown and encouraged members of both parties to cast a “must-have Bipartisan ‘YES’ vote.”

The president’s concessions to Democrats prompted pushback from some Republicans in the Senate, delaying final votes and providing a preview of upcoming debate over the next two weeks. In a fiery speech on the floor, Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina warned that Republicans should not give too much away.

“In the Republican party, where are you from?” Graham said, adding that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Border Patrol agents were “slandered and defamed.”

Still, some Republicans say they believe changes to ICE operations are necessary, even if they don’t agree with all of the Democrats’ requests.

“I think the last two days have been an improvement,” said Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul. “I think the rhetoric is dialed down a little bit, in Minnesota.”

Democrats are demanding change

Angry Democrats say they won’t vote again to fund the Department of Homeland Security until Congress puts new curbs on ICE and other federal agencies that conduct raids.

“These are not radical demands,” said Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. “These are basic standards that the American people expect from law enforcement.”

Democrats have asked the White House to “end roving patrols” in cities and coordinate with local law enforcement on immigration arrests, including requesting stricter rules for warrants.

They also want an enforceable code of conduct to hold agents accountable if they break the rules. Schumer said agents should be required to have “masks on, body cameras on” and carry proper identification, as is standard practice in most law enforcement agencies.

Alex Prettya 37-year-old ICU nurse, was killed by a border patrol agent on January 24, two weeks after the protester Renee is great killed by an ICE officer. Administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, are original said Pretti aggressively approached the officersBUT many videos disputed that claim.

Republican pushback

Republicans have opposed their own demands, including bans on so-called “sanctuary cities” that they say don’t do enough to enforce illegal immigration.

“There’s no way in hell we’re going to let Democrats pass knee-jerk legislation and stop deportations in exchange for funding DHS,” said Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., before the vote.

Graham held off on spending bills until Senate Majority Leader John Thune, RS.D., agreed to give him a vote on his sanctuary city bill at a later date.

Separately, Graham also protested a repeal of a new law that gives senators the ability to sue the government for millions of dollars if their personal or office data is accessed without their knowledge – as happened to him and other senators as part of the so-called Arctic Frost investigation of the January 6, 2021, attack on Trump supporters in the Capitol.

The spending bill, which passed the House last week, would repeal that law. But Graham said Thune agreed to consider a separate bill that would allow “groups and private citizens” caught up in the Jack Smith investigation to sue.

Amazing bipartisan talks

The unusual bipartisan conversation between Trump and Schumer, his arch-nemesis, came after Pretti’s death. Schumer called it “a moment of truth.”

The standoff threatens to plunge the country into another shutdown, just two months after Democrats blocked a spending bill to expire federal health care subsidies. That dispute shut down the government for 43 days as Republicans refused to negotiate.

The shutdown ended when a small group of moderate Democrats broke away to negotiate with Republicans. But the Democrats are more united this time after the deadly shooting of Loans and Renee is great through federal agents.

Uncertainty at Home

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said he opposes dismantling the funding package, but “if it’s going to be dismantled, we need to move it as quickly as possible.

Johnson said he may have some “difficult decisions” to make when the House returns to Washington to approve bills that have been split in the Senate.

House Republicans have said they don’t want any changes to their bill.

“The package will not go back through the House without funding for the Department of Homeland Security,” members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus wrote to Trump.

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that any change to the homeland security bill would have to be “meaningful and it needs to be changed.”

Absent a “dramatic change,” Jeffries said, “Republicans will get another shutdown.”