The Senate on Thursday evening struck a deal that will avoid a partial government shutdown by separating the Department of Homeland Security's funding bill from a larger package and passing a continuing resolution on it. 

The agreement comes one day before the funding deadline to avert the partial shutdown. 

The deal is expected to separate the DHS legislation from a "minibus" of five other funding bills and the Senate would then pass a continuing resolution to keep the department funded at its current level through Feb. 13.