The Senate is heading toward a likely weekend session as the shutdown threatens to drag into a seventh week.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in a brief interview Friday he would “probably” keep members in Washington this weekend if Democrats, as expected, block a vote to advance a House-passed stopgap bill. The South Dakota Republican wants to use that measure as the vehicle for a larger funding deal.
Thune also said the Senate would likely take another vote to try to advance the stopgap bill over the weekend.
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The threat of weekend work comes as optimism from earlier this week has faded that the shutdown could be nearing its conclusion.
