Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer vowed to block a massive spending package next week unless Republicans strip funding for the Department of Homeland Security, dramatically increasing the risk for a partial US government shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Schumer said he will vote against a package to fund DHS and a wide swath of the government after federal agents killed a U.S. citizen.

In the hours after a federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Senate Democrats will not vote for a spending package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security.

Senate Democratic leader Schumer says lawmakers should split off and pass other funding measures amid anger over Minneapolis shooting.

Sens. Chris Murphy and Alex Padilla have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the process.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday night that Democrats will not vote for a spending package that includes money for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE. Schumer’s statement increases the possibility that the government could partially shut down Jan.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that Democrats will oppose legislation to fund multiple parts of the government – risking a partial shutdown – if the spending package includes funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

Hours after Border Patrol fatally shot an armed man Saturday in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he and