The pressure now moves to the House, which is in recess, as the government enters at least a limited funding lapse.

The House speaker projected confidence about swiftly getting his caucus in line to pass spending for the Department of Homeland Security.

The fate of the federal government now rests on a razor-thin, one-vote Republican margin. Following a blunt warning from Democrats that they won't help pass a funding fix, Speaker Mike Johnson took to Meet the Press Sunday morning to declare that he is prepared to go it alone.

House leaders are aiming to expedite consideration of the Senate's deal to fund the government as a shutdown looms after midnight.

The House passed the six remaining funding bills last week and sent them to the Senate as a package, making it more difficult to strip out the homeland security portion as Democrats have demanded. Republicans could break the package apart with the consent of all 100 senators or through a series of votes that would extend past the Friday deadline.

Senate Republican leaders plan to reject Democratic demands to split off funding for the Department of Homeland Security and pass the rest of a giant funding package needed to avert a partial government shutdown this week,