A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and his caucus huddled behind closed doors for days, grappling with what many called “two horrible choices”: voting for a bill they believe would permit serious cuts in funding to programs and caving to Republicans or being blamed for a government shutdown.

House Republican leaders are calling on the Senate to take up the House-passed budget resolution that would tee up President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda, saying in a joint statement Monday that they want to enact the legislation “as quickly as possible.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has cautioned GOP colleagues that the Senate isn’t likely to pass President Trump’s border security, energy and tax agenda until July at the earliest, and some Republican senators are warning the bill could drag well into the fall.