The U.S. Senate on Friday was poised to pass a stopgap spending bill and avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats backed down in a standoff driven by anger over President Donald Trump's campaign to slash the federal workforce.

U.S. lawmakers are set to vote Friday afternoon on a Republican-led stopgap federal funding bill, ahead of the midnight deadline, with the measure largely expected to pass to avoid a government shutdown.

Schumer said he would help advance a GOP spending bill because a shutdown "has consequences for America that are much, much worse."