U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act as he speaks during a press conference, accompanied by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other fellow Republicans, on the first day of a partial government shutdown, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 1, 2025.
Nathan Howard | Reuters
The Senate on Thursday is set to vote for a seventh time to try to end the government shutdown, as the stalemate on Capitol Hill continues with no sign of a breakthrough.
Now in its ninth day, more of the shutdown’s widespread impacts on the government are starting to emerge. The IRS, for instance, said Wednesday that it was furloughing nearly half of its workforce as a result of the congressional funding lapse.
Still, lawmakers on both sides remain dug in, showing no indication that they are open to yielding on their demands.
The Senate is expected to vote at around 11:30 a.m. ET on dueling Republican and Democratic proposals to end the government shutdown.
Republicans, who hold a narrow majority in the Senate, need about eight votes from the Democratic caucus in order to pass their short-term funding bill in the upper chamber, where 60 votes are required for passage.
In the last round of voting on Wednesday, the GOP bill was rejected 54-45, while the Democrats’ version fell short in a 47-52 tally.
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