https://www.yahoo.com/news/serious-negotiations-resume-avert-second-shutdown-friday-232859387.html
‘Preliminary agreement’ reached to avert shutdown
Jon WardSenior Political Correspondent,Yahoo News•February 11, 2019
WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican lawmakers emerged from a series of meetings Monday night and announced they had reached a deal to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year and to avert another government shutdown, according to CNN.
Talks between four lawmakers — two senators and two members of the House — produced a preliminary agreement, with details to be announced Tuesday.
“We got an agreement on all of it,” Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., told reporters.
Shelby and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., worked with the lead House negotiators — Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas — to reach the “preliminary agreement.” The larger, 17-member committee that had conducted a series of meetings in recent days wasn’t part of those talks.
The fate of the deal, however, will depend on agreement from the administration. Leahy and Shelby did not explain how they resolved the most thorny outstanding issues, including a dispute over the number of undocumented immigrants Immigration and Customs Enforcement can hold in detention. Asked whether the White House would support the deal, Shelby said, “We think so. We hope so.”
