Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that the Senate will return Friday for another vote to reopen the government but cautioned that lawmakers are unlikely to hold additional votes over the weekend if the measure fails.
“If that fails, then we’ll give them the weekend to think about it. We’ll come back and we’ll go again on Monday,” the South Dakota Republican told reporters.
Thune said he welcomed bipartisan discussions among senators seeking a compromise but stressed that any solution must begin with reopening the government. Some lawmakers have floated a short-term funding bill tied to extending Affordable Care Act tax credits, but Thune voiced doubts about both ideas.
He said Republicans would resist plans that fund the government for less than seven weeks and would oppose extending ACA credits without reforms to curb “waste, fraud and abuse.”
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