Senate Republicans are in a deadlock with Democrats after pressure tactics to end the 38-day government shutdown failed to break the impasse.
The chamber is meeting for a rare Saturday session as lawmakers hope to hash out a deal.
Senate Republicans are batting around various ideas to break the stalemate, such as voting on a new Senate-drafted bill that would fund a large swath of the federal government through fiscal year 2026.
They rejected a Democratic proposal on Friday that would have extended expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies for one year and reopened the government.
Meanwhile, President Trump is in Mar-a-Lago this weekend and declared to reporters Friday that Republicans would not lose a future election if the party’s leadership in the Senate moved to eliminate the parliamentary procedure known as the filibuster.
“If we do it, we will never lose the midterms, and we will never lose a general election, because we will have produced so many different things for our people, for the country, that it would be impossible to lose an election,” Trump said.
Republicans scramble for ideas to reopen government after pressure tactics fail
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