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Senate to vote on funding bill
US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks to reporters outside of his office at the US Capitol, on the second day of the US government shutdown in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2025.
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The Senate is set to vote again on Monday on a House bill that would temporarily fund the U.S. government, but there is no expectation that it will pass.
The vote will be the fifth time that senators will vote on the resolution, which has failed to pass every other time.
Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, and Democrats remained at loggerheads over the terms of a funding deal as the government shutdown entered its sixth day. The Senate is scheduled to vote around 5:30 p.m. ET on the measure, which would fund the government through Nov. 21.
The Trump administration reiterated its threat of mass layoffs of government workers if the shutdown persists beyond Monday.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that President Donald Trump could “start taking sharp measures” if the Senate does not approve the funding bill.
Hassett said Democrats would be to blame for “any government worker that loses their job” due to reduction-in-force orders.
Federal employees normally are furloughed during government shutdowns, not laid off.
Republican senators need at least eight votes from members of the Democratic caucus to meet the 60-vote threshold required to advance the legislation.
The only senators from the Democratic caucus so far to vote for the House resolution have been John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Nevada’s Catherine Cortez Masto, as well as Angus King of Maine, one of two independents in the caucus.
If the bill does not pass on Monday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune could tee up another vote for Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
