Senate to vote Tuesday afternoon on averting shutdown, but proposals expected to fail

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects the Senate to begin voting at 5 p.m. Tuesday on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government, but both proposals are expected to fail to advance, putting Washington on the path to a government shutdown that will furlough tens of thousands of federal workers.

Thune said he expects the votes to happen late Tuesday afternoon but cautioned the time agreement for votes isn’t yet “locked in.”

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