The Senate could vote as soon as Thursday night on a White House-brokered deal to fund the government as Democrats haggle with President Donald Trump over how long to give separate negotiations over Department of Homeland Security spending. Instead, the Senate would send the House a funding patch of at least two weeks for DHS, a move designed to give Democrats and the White House space to reach a compromise on how to curtail the conduct of immigration agents. The remaining sticking point is the length of that funding patch, also known as a continuing resolution. Democrats want a two-week extension, while Republicans are pressing for four or even six weeks. A funding patch for DHS would stave off a more difficult debate over how to reform immigration enforcement after the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis this month.