A split between Senate and House Republicans may have given the Democrats the win they were looking for in the DHS funding fight.

Democrats have blocked passage of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for weeks now because the bill also defunded President Obama’s executive actions on amnesty for illegal immigrants. Four times the bill was brought forward and four times Democrats in the Senate blocked it.

With a shutdown of DHS possible as soon as Friday, Senate Republicans blinked first and have agreed to separate votes on DHS funding and immigration. The move has the potential to divide the GOP and show divisions with grassroots groups opposed to amnesty but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters in Washington all sides should back the move.

“I don’t know what’s not to like about this,” McConnell said. “This is an approach that respects both points of view.”

Congressman Steve King of Iowa is one Republican unhappy with the move. King sent out several tweets criticizing senators for allowing the split vote to happen.

“Senators arguing fund DHS but vote a separate bill to defund executive amnesty. Have you heard of Obama veto? Think we were born yesterday?” King tweeted.

If the split vote to fund DHS passes the Senate it is unclear what Republicans in the House will do.

House Speaker John Boehner’s spokesman Michael Steel told the Washington Post via email that he still expects Senate Democrats to do the right thing and pass the House bill.

“The speaker has been clear: The House has acted, and now Senate Democrats need to stop hiding. Will they continue to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security or not?”

And block they may. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said on Tuesday that Democrats will not support splitting DHS funding from the immigration parts of the bill until there are assurances from House Republicans that they will accept the Senate deal.

House Republicans are meeting behind closed doors Wednesday to discuss their next moves.