Live video: Johnson speaking to reporters during the vote on the defense bill in the Senate
The Senate will vote for the 10th time on a spending bill to reopen the government as the shutdown reaches its third week.
The measure is expected to fail, and voting is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Immediately after the vote, the upper house will consider an $852 billion defense appropriations bill.
senate majority leader John Thune (R-S.D.) scheduled this vote as a Republican spotlight, in an effort to put Democrats on the record if they block the measure. how is the shutdown National security is being affected. This comes just as the GOP is wanting pick up the pace Back from the Democrats.
President Trump is scheduled to receive his intelligence briefing in the morning, then make an announcement from the Oval Office in the afternoon.
In the state-level campaigns, two important debates will take place on Thursday evening. Candidates for Mayor of New York City encounterIn search of an edge. The candidates for Virginia attorney general will meet, and the first question will surely be about the controversial text messages that have roiled the race.
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