Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters after the upper chamber voted on two competing bills in the hopes of avoiding a <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5527951-live-updates-trump-hegseth-government-shutdown/">government shutdown</a> at midnight.

Thune will speak first, followed by his Democratic counterpart. 

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters after the upper chamber voted on two competing bills in the hopes of avoiding a gover…{ai:summary}<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer will speak to reporters after the chamber voted on two competing bills to avert a midnight government shutdown.</p><p>Thune will speak first, then Schumer. Watch live. #politics</p>

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