Thune says Democrats voted for a CR in the past. “A similar continuing resolution passed ... with 85 votes. This one should be no different.”

La., shares his sense of how the House will vote on a bill to avoid a government shutdown on 'The Story.'

House Republicans passed legislation to keep the US government open past a Saturday shutdown deadline, daring moderate Democrats in the Senate to block the measure over objections it fails to constrain Elon Musk’s cost-cutting crusade.

Scalise calls out Democrats' support for a shutdown furloughing federal workers after criticizing the GOP for cutting the federal workforce.

Six Democrats need to vote for the bill, assuming there are no additional Republican defections, in order for it to pass the Senate.