By 
Democratic senators are vowing to oppose a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security following the shooting death of a 37-year-old Minnesota man, a stand that increases the prospect of a partial government shutdown by the end of the week.
Six of the 12 annual spending bills for the current budget year have been signed into law by President Donald Trump. Six more are awaiting action in the Senate. If senators fail to act by midnight Friday, funding for Homeland Security and the other agencies covered under the six bills will lapse.
Republicans will need some Democratic support to pass the remaining spending bills in time. That support was already in question after Renee Good, a mother of three, was fatally shot and killed earlier this month by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. But the fatal shooting Saturday of Alex Pretti, an intensive care unit nurse, quickly prompted Democrats to take a more forceful stand.
