Government shutdown updates: Senate to vote Monday on stopgap-funding measures

[ad_1] The Senate is scheduled to reconvene at 3 p.m. ET on Monday, because the federal authorities shutdown continues for a sixth day.

The physique is predicted to carry a vote at about 5:30 p.m. ET on a invoice backed by the Democrats to proceed appropriations for the federal government. Republicans have opposed that model of the appropriations invoice, which would come with an extension of well being care provisions.

Individuals stroll close to the U.S. Capitol Constructing through the fifth day of a partial authorities shutdown in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 5, 2025.

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If the Democrat-supported invoice fails to move on Monday, the Senate is predicted to once more vote on a Republican-supported 7-week stopgap-funding measure, a invoice that is already handed a Home vote.

Each side continued over the weekend blaming the opposite for the shutdown and lack of compromise.

The solar casts a shadow alongside the U.S. Capitol, on the fifth day of a partial authorities shutdown, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 5, 2025.

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"It. Is. Easy. Republicans can reopen the federal government and make folks’s well being care extra reasonably priced on the identical time," Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer mentioned on social media on Saturday. "They’re selecting to not. That is their shutdown."

Senate Majority chief John Thune replied to the Democrats on Sunday.

"Chuck Schumer instigated this on the will of far-left, liberal curiosity teams," he mentioned on social media on Sunday.

He added, "Democrats want to return to their senses and vote for this short-term, nonpartisan CR and provides us a possibility to proceed the bipartisan appropriations course of."