Senate To Hold Another Shutdown Vote At Noon

Reuters reports:

Hundreds of thousands of federal workers woke up on Monday with the U.S. government still shut down and the Senate expected to try again to restore federal funding, if only temporarily, and work on resolving a dispute over immigration. Amid uncertainty about whether federal employees should report to work in the morning, senators were set to vote at midday on a funding bill to get the lights back on in Washington and across the government until early February.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said late Sunday that an overnight vote on a measure to fund government operations through Feb. 8 was canceled and would be held at 12 p.m. EST on Monday. Up until Monday, most federal workers were not directly affected by the shutdown that began at midnight on Friday. Many still awaited notification on whether they are “essential” employees or not, determining whether they must report to their offices.