By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham held up a bipartisan deal to avert a government shutdown on Friday as he sought to restore a widely panned provision that would allow him to sue the government for damages.

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham laid out a list of demands Friday that he said would enable him to relent and allow swift action on a $1.2 trillion package of full-year appropriations for several Cabinet departments and a temporary patch for another.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., slammed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., over Arctic Frost and vowed to fight the Trump-backed government funding package, despite White House pressure.

A partial shutdown of multiple federal agencies is a little over 19 hours away as the Senate deals with a Lindsey Graham-sized snag and House Republicans face pressure from President Donald Trump to expedite whatever the other chamber sends their way.

Supported by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has placed a hold on the vote to advance the remaining funding legislation for fiscal year 2026. As of Friday afternoon, Graham refused to lift the hold unless he was guaranteed a vote in the near future on legislation prohibiting sanctuary cities.

Ekwonu, Carolina's starting left tackle, ruptured his right patellar tendon. Graham had the same injury and offers his insight and advice.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) assured Iranian protesters of U.S. support on Tuesday. “To the Iranian people, President Trump has your back, help will be on the way,” Graham said in an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.

Clearly he’s going to have to drop his objection because of this obsessive quest to get this multi-million-dollar slush fund.” Graham took the floor late Friday morning, calling his critics “politically dumb as a rock.