https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/02/congress/shutdown-senate-votes-weekend-00591890
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on Thursday that it’s “unlikely” senators will be in the Capitol voting this weekend, all but guaranteeing the government shutdown goes into next week.
“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 reporters.
Thune’s comments come as congressional leaders and the White House remain in a stalemate on the second day of the shutdown. Thune left the door open to meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer this week but seemed skeptical that a sitdown would produce a breakthrough.
Schumer said in a statement Thursday that Republicans need to work with Democrats “to reach an agreement to reopen the government and lower healthcare costs” and predicted that GOP unity will crack the longer the shutdown drags on.