Senators will take their fifth round of votes Monday evening on stopgap funding proposals even as the parties remain deadlocked in the second week of the government shutdown.
The Senate will again consider the House-passed stopgap funding measure (BGOV Bill Analysis) and the Democrat-backed alternative (BGOV Bill Analysis), which have previously fallen short of the 60-vote threshold needed for passage.
Republicans are hoping to chip away at Democrats’ opposition by repeatedly putting the bill on the floor, while the minority has stuck to their demands that they want a deal on extending health insurance tax credits. ...