Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has set up one vote Tuesday afternoon to reopen the government, giving Democrats only the opportunity to vote for or against a House-passed continuing resolution that has failed repeatedly on the Senate floor.
The Senate is scheduled to convene at 3 p.m. and the vote is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.
It will be the eighth time senators consider the House measure, which failed to advance on seven previous votes.
It comes at a critical time as military personnel are due to receive their paychecks on Oct. 15.
President Trump over the weekend directed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to use “all available funds” to ensure troops get paid this week.
Senate Democrats will not have the chance Tuesday to also vote on their alternative government funding measure, which would permanently extend enhanced health insurance premium subsidies and restore nearly $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid.
It will mark the first time that Democrats will not be able to vote for their own proposal to reopen the government before voting on the House GOP-drafted bill that funds government through Nov. 21.
“There is only one choice: You either vote for the clean CR to reopen the government or you vote for the shutdown. They have no cover,” said a Senate Republican aide.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) filed a procedural motion last week to reconsider the alternative Democratic funding bill, but Democrats plan to bring that measure up for another vote at a later date.
Democrats say they’ve already put themselves on the record by voting seven times in favor of their proposal to fund the government through Oct. 31 and extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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