Live updates on the government shutdown as the Senate plans its eighth vote to reopen the government

The Senate reconvenes at 3 p.m., and will hold a procedural vote on the House-passed GOP funding bill at 5:30 p.m., according to a notice from Majority Whip John Barrasso’s office.

In previous voting rounds, the chamber also held votes on whether to advance the Democrats’ version of the funding bill. But Barrasso’s notice made no mention of considering Democrats’ bill this time.

The House of Representatives has not met since September 19, after passing a measure to finance the government until November 21. The House remains in recess this week after Republican Party leadership canceled the votes. Republicans say the House has already done its job and is continuing to pressure the Senate to pass the bill.

Meanwhile, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called on House Democrats to return to Washington this week, writing in a letter to colleagues on Saturday that they would return to Washington and meet Tuesday evening to “discuss the path forward.”

Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both New York Democrats, say the way to resolve the shutdown is through negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House. Republicans assert that there is nothing to negotiate, as the House of Representatives has already passed a measure to keep the government funded.

Jeffries reiterated his position on MSNBC on Monday, Saying Republican leaders must “sit down and negotiate” to reopen the government, saying they have “basically remained silent” since the White House meeting before the shutdown.

“Republicans are nowhere to be found,” Jeffries said. “They are literally not in Washington and have not been in Washington for the past few weeks and have no intention of being there this week.”

The Senate returns to Washington on Tuesday afternoon and is expected to hold a procedural vote in the evening on the House-passed measure to fund the government, trying again to end the impasse after the bill repeatedly failed to get the required 60 votes last week.

Republicans have been trying to convince enough Democrats to move forward with the House-passed measure to keep the government funded through Nov. 21. But they haven’t been able to get any new support from Democrats since just before the shutdown began. In the Senate, 60 votes are needed to advance most measures, and with only 53 Republicans in the Senate, Democratic support is essential.

Only one Democrat initially crossed the aisle to support the bill in a vote last month. But in the next vote on September 30, two more joined the Republicans. One Republican, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, has consistently voted against the government funding measure. Five more Democrats are needed to advance the measure.

But Tuesday’s vote represents a change in approach: This is the first time the chamber has voted on House-passed legislation without also voting on a competing measure from Democrats. The Democrats’ bill would fund the government through October 31 and includes extending expiring health insurance tax credits.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Coast Guard members will get their paychecks this week from money in the “big, beautiful bill” passed earlier this year.

Over the weekend, President Trump ordered the Pentagon to pay military personnel despite the government shutdown, but the Coast Guard falls under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security.

“President Trump did not want any of our military to go without pay as a result of Democrats’ political theater, and we at DHS have come up with a creative solution to make sure that doesn’t happen,” Noem wrote Monday on X. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership and this big beautiful bill, the brave men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard will not miss a paycheck this week as they continue to carry out their critical security and military missions.”

Noem did not disclose the source of funding for the paychecks.