Senate to vote again on funding bill as government shutdown stalemate enters sixth day

The Senate is acceptable to ballot again connected Monday connected a House measure that would temporarily fund the U.S. government, but determination is nary anticipation that it volition pass.

The ballot volition beryllium the 5th clip that senators volition ballot connected the resolution, which has failed to walk each different time.

Republicans, who power some chambers of Congress, and Democrats remained astatine loggerheads implicit the presumption of a backing woody arsenic the government shutdown entered its sixth day. The Senate is scheduled to ballot astir 5:30 p.m. ET connected the measure, which would money the authorities done Nov. 21.

The Trump medication reiterated its menace of wide layoffs of authorities workers if the shutdown persists beyond Monday.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said connected CNBC's "Squawk Box" that President Donald Trump could "start taking crisp measures" if the Senate does not o.k. the backing bill.

Hassett said Democrats would beryllium to blasted for "any authorities idiosyncratic that loses their job" owed to reduction-in-force orders.

Federal employees usually are furloughed during authorities shutdowns, not laid off.

Republican senators request astatine slightest 8 votes from members of the Democratic caucus to conscionable the 60-vote threshold required to beforehand the legislation.

The lone senators from the Democratic caucus truthful acold to ballot for the House solution person been John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Nevada's Catherine Cortez Masto, arsenic good arsenic Angus King of Maine, 1 of 2 independents successful the caucus.

If the measure does not walk connected Monday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune could tee up different ballot for Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported.

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