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House aims to vote Thursday for the government financing bill before the deadline

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This is paved together by talking to several sources on both sides of the Capitol.

The room is now aiming to vote Thursday at the “clean” interval expenditure which would finance the government until November 27.

But the Republicans must first pass the bill through the Chamber. Several republican sources of the senior chamber said that they still spoke of “usual suspects”. Republicans can only lose two votes to adopt a bill by themselves. The head of the minority of the Hakeem Jeffries room (DN.Y.) expressed his confidence that he could hold all his democrats together and oppose the bill.

Jeffries said it would be the center of a Democratic Caucus on Thursday.

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It is still not an agreement concluded that the house would move Thursday. It could slip on Friday.

There is now the distinct possibility of a weekend session in the Senate, potentially on Saturday.

Here is why:

If the Chamber approves the government’s financial package, this must go through two cycles of “fence” to break an obstacle. This requires 60 years. It is advantageous for the Senate Republicans to ask the Chamber to approve the bill on Thursday.

If this is the case, leader of the majority of the Senate John Thune (RS.D.) can deposit his clot to organize a test vote on Saturday. By rule, the Senate cannot take this test vote without “intermediate day”.

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Namely:

Let’s say that the house theoretically approves the bill on Thursday. Thune obtains the bill Thursday and tables the clot to cut the debate and break an obstacle. Friday is the “intermediate day”. This makes a procedural vote just to access the bill (needing 60 years) on Saturday in the Senate.

President Donald Trump and Senator John Thune

An image divided by President Donald Trump and the head of the majority of the Senate John Thune. (Reuters)

But if the room votes (and passes) on Friday, none of this can occur until Sunday.

There is the friction:

On Sunday in Arizona, several Republicans of the Senate want to attend the funeral of Charlie Kirk in Arizona.

Charlie Kirk Vigil on Capitol Hill

The president of the Mike Johnson room, R-La., On the right, joined by the head of majority Steve Scalie, R-La., Center left, leads a vigil to honor the conservative activist Charlie Kirk who was shot by UTAH event last week, at Capitol at Washington on Monday, September 15, 2025. (AP / J. Scott Applewhite)

Thus, a scenario on Saturday is much better for the GOP.

Why not wait until Monday, you can ask?

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Well, the Senate is scheduled for Rosh Hashanah next week. Ditto with the house. Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on Monday and runs at night on Wednesday. Thus, the Senate could kick and face it next Thursday. However, the Senate must also take another procedural vote along the way if he could obtain 60 years (more about it in an instant) to complete the bill. It can therefore be useful to do it as soon as possible.

That said, a source of GOP from the senior Senate suggested to Fox that the Senate could remain in session through Rosh Hashanah to cope with the procedural stages. This could be interpreted as a direct pass-cross tour to the leader of the Senate minority Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.), the highest Jewish figure in American political history.

Former senator Joe Manchin, IW.V.

Former senator Joe Manchin, Iw.va., wanted the Republicans to win the Senate in 2024 to prevent Democrats from getting rid of the obstruction of the Senate. (Nathan Howard / Getty Images)

Keep in mind that the government is funded until 11:59 p.m. and September. So they have time. But the period is collapsed due to the recess scheduled for next week.

Anyway, the Senate needs 60 years to break an obligatory. The Republicans have only 53 votes in the Senate, 52 if Senator Rand Paul (R-KY.) Opposes an interim expenditure bill.

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This is why the Republicans try to blame a potential stop on the Democrats. And democrats say they need something (probably a renewal of Obamacare’s subsidies) in exchange for their votes.

And there will probably be much more drama by the end of the month.

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