Senators have reached a deal to advance a major package of spending bills to avert a partial government shutdown that was set to begin on Saturday. The deal would avert a partial shutdown that would have affected many of the government’s functions. Democrats had so far refused to back funding for DHS unless it included reforms to federal agents involved in Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Earlier on Thursday, a key vote intended to head off the partial government shutdown failed in the Senate. “Democrats are ready to pass five bipartisan funding bills in the Senate, we’re ready to pass them today.