Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has taken steps that will give the Senate the option to set up a vote next week on a government funding extension as the threat of a shutdown looms at the end of the month.

The U.S. Senate will prepare stopgap spending bill that would avert a looming partial government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday, as House Republicans offered no hint as to what their next move would be.

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Thursday set up a vote on a stopgap bill in his chamber following the failed attempt to pass a government funding patch out of the House.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will act later in the day to advance a bipartisan government funding bill after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) failed to pass a partisan six-month funding measure that was tied to voter registration reform.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday will tee up a stopgap spending bill for a vote next week in a last-minute bid to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown. The legislative move comes the day after the Republican-led House rejected Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) proposal to extend current funding levels into the next

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed the Senate will "step in" to pass a funding bill to avoid a "Trump" shut down. His remarks come after the House failed to pass Speaker Mike Johnson's continuing resolution.