It's the Brian Lair Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC in Gothamist

Newsroom sitting in for Brian today. And now we turn to the latest from Washington, where President Donald Trump and

Democrats say they've reached a deal to avert a partial government shutdown. Earlier this week,

Senate Democrats threatened not to vote for a spending package that would fund the government

past midnight tonight, unless Republicans agreed to limit funding and impose restrictions on the

Department of Homeland Security.

This, a direct result of the high-profile killings of Alex Preddy and Renee Nicole Good,

the two American citizens killed by federal agents in Minneapolis this month.

But Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans to pass five spending bills,

as well as a stopgap measure to fund the

Department of Homeland Security for two weeks while they continue negotiating restrictions

and immigration agents. The five spending bills will fund a large portion of the government

for the remainder of the fiscal year. Joining us now to break down the latest is Chavonne Hughes,

a reporter covering Congress in the Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau.

Chavon, welcome to WNYC.

Great to be with you.

And listeners, we want to invite you to join this conversation right from the start.

Democrats in the Senate were set to put their foot down on funding for DHS in the wake of the events in Minneapolis.

Now, they've agreed to fund the agency for another two weeks. Are you following the news? And how do you want to weigh in?

212-433 WNYC, that's 212-433-9692, or any other questions you may have for Chavon hughes reporter covering congress in the wall street

journals washington bureau again that number two and two two four three three w nyc that's

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