“We’re working on that right now,” he said at the start of a Cabinet meeting at the White House. “Until that deal is finalized, I will be a no on this vote,” Senate Appropriations ranking Democrat Patty Murray of Washington said before the vote. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., endorsed the direction the talks were moving in, but emphasized the stopgap bill for DHS needs to be short. After Border Patrol agents killed 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti over the weekend, Democrats demanded the Homeland Security bill be stripped from the broader spending package. Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday laid out Senate Democrats’ demands after a lengthy caucus discussion during their weekly policy lunches.