Thune Files Cloture on H.R. 1968 Continuing Resolution Ahead of Friday Vote for Stephen Feinberg to Avoid Shutdown

Thune takes procedural step to bring the House spending bill to the floor. Vote would occur Friday morning — hours before government shutdown deadline — unless there’s an agreement to have it sooner. 60 votes would be needed. Schumer is threatening to block it. But senators…

THUNE has filed cloture on the CR. Setting up vote one hour after they come in Friday. A time agreement would change that potentially. https://t.co/mjhwqoPuZW

Thune files cloture on CR, setting up a Friday vote. Government funding runs out at midnight Friday https://t.co/DtUBu8zHXG

Thune filed cloture on CR tonight. No matter what, to avoid a shutdown, the Senate will need to reach some sort of time agreement https://t.co/0mnDDwF3du

THUNE tells me he hasn’t yet heard from Dems about a potential time agreement involving an amendment vote on their short-term CR. But he indicates he is open to this “If they want to set up some sort of a consent agreement where we vote on that — we’ll see.”