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But funding for other agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department and the Agriculture Department, is set to expire at midnight on Friday.

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If the House measure is put to a vote in the Senate, Democrats have pledged to deny it passage.

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The Senate was set to convene at noon EST (1700 GMT), and it remained unclear what would happen if the House measure fails there.

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A partial government shutdown could begin, with affected agencies limiting staff to those deemed "essential" to public safety. Such critical workers, including U.S. border agents, and nonessential employees would not get paid until the dispute ends. National parks also would close unless the government declares them essential.

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Alternatively, lawmakers could seek a solution that Trump finds acceptable, although it was unclear what that would be.

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White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Trump was "not going to back down on this fight" and would stay in Washington rather than go to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida for the holidays as planned.

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Asked how long any potential shutdown would last, Sanders said: "Let's hope that that doesn't have to happen."

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Trump's border wall was a key campaign promise in the 2016 election, when he said it would be paid for by Mexico, and sees it as a winning issue for his 2020 re-election campaign.

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Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons on Friday said he hoped Trump would change course and support the Senate-passed bill, which includes funds for border security but not specifically for the wall.

"} 71:{"position":23,"content":""This is a fight more over message and the president trying to fulfill a campaign promise rather

Trump, Republican senators meet to thrash out wall-funding dilemma