US EditionSenate to remain in session until shutdown deal is struck, Thune says
Senate Majority Leader John Thune plans a weekend vote on a stopgap funding bill as the government shutdown enters its third week, impacting federal workers nationwide.
- On Friday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he would likely keep the Senate in session to work over the weekend and vote to advance a stopgap funding bill.
- The government has been shut down since last month after Congress failed to pass a budget, and bipartisan negotiations collapsed over a stopgap delaying Affordable Care Act subsidies.
- GOP senators including Lindsey Graham and John Thune argued the Democratic proposal was a 'nonstarter' and refused to negotiate until the government reopens.
- Amid the shutdown, furloughed government workers have taken odd jobs like DoorDash, and there isn’t enough GOP support to end the filibuster's 60-vote threshold, while President Donald Trump urged senators to stay until a deal is reached.
- The next step is unclear, according to the Associated Press, as Democratic leaders scale back proposals and Republican leaders contend Democrats face political pressure over the ACA extension.
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Thune says he's hopeful government shutdown will end ahead of vote on key funding bill
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he was "hopeful that we can finally bring the shutdown to an end" ahead of a vote to advance a key funding bill. At least eight Democrats said they would back the deal.
US government shutdown update: Senate reaches deal to end impasse, say reports, possible vote today; Trump reacts
US government shutdown update: Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the chamber plans to vote Sunday on the House-passed funding measure, part of a plan to reopen the government, along with passing a handful of year-long funding measures.
Thune hopes to vote Sunday on proposal to reopen government
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Sunday said that if Democrats vote to advance a House-passed continuing resolution, he will offer as a substitute another stopgap spending measure with a later expiration date combined with three full-year appropriations bills, known as a minibus. Thune told reporters that the Senate will vote Sunday afternoon on a proposal to open the government, after not holding any votes Saturday afternoon. The t…
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