The government shutdown will likely continue into next week, as it is “unlikely” that the Senate will be voting over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday.
“They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to vote to open up the government, and if that fails, we’ll give them the weekend to think about it, and then we’ll come back and vote on Monday,” Thune told the press, reports Politico.
Thune said he is open to meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., this week, but questioned whether such a discussion would yield progress.
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