The head of the majority of the American Senate, John Thune, a republican of the southern Dakota, talks to journalists outside his office at the American Capitol, the second day of closing the US government in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2025.
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The Senate is expected to vote again on a House bill on Monday which would temporarily finance the United States government on Monday, but it is not expected.
The vote will be the fifth time that the senators will vote on the resolution, which has not succeeded every twice.
The Republicans, who control both the Congress Chambers, and the Democrats stayed in Loggerheads on the terms of a funding agreement while the government closed its sixth day. The Senate should vote around 5.30 p.m. on the measure, which would finance the government until November 21.
The Trump administration reiterated its threat of mass dismissals of civil servants if the closure persists beyond Monday.
The director of the National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, said on the “Squawk box” of CNBC that President Donald Trump could “begin to take strong measures” if the Senate does not approve of the financing bill.
Hassett said the Democrats would be to blame for “any government employee who loses his job” due to the order of reduction in force.
Federal employees are normally on leave during government closings, and not licensed.
Republican senators need at least eight votes to the members of the Democratic Caucus to reach the threshold of 60 votes required to advance the legislation.
The only senators of the Democratic Caucus so far to vote for the resolution of the Chamber have been John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, as well as the King of Angus of Maine, one of the two independents of the Caucus.
If the bill does not pass on Monday, the head of the majority of the Senate John Thune could open another vote for Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported.
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