Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, sits at left as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, talks with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., during a round table discussion on the high cost of housing, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Rod Lamkey
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Rod Lamkey
People gather during a vigil for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Adam Gray
People gather at the site where a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — 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.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, sits at left as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, talks with Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., during a round table discussion on the high cost of housing, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
People gather during a vigil for 37-year-old Alex Pretti, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer earlier in the day, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
People gather at the site where a federal officer shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Ben Hovland/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
