Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says he expects the Senate to begin voting at 5 p.m. Tuesday on competing Democratic and Republican proposals to fund the government, but both proposals are expected to fail to advance, putting Washington on the path to a government shutdown that will furlough tens of thousands of federal workers.

Thune said he expects the votes to happen late Tuesday afternoon but cautioned the time agreement for votes isn’t yet “locked in.”

Democrats will bring up their proposal to fund the government through Oct. 31, to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced health insurance premium subsidies and to restore nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts.

That measure, which needs 60 votes to advance, failed to pass by a vote of 47 to 45 when senators vot

See Full Page