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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has set up one vote Tuesday afternoon to reopen the government, giving Democrats only the opportunity to vote for or against a House-passed continuing resolution that has failed repeatedly on the Senate floor.
The Senate is scheduled to convene at 3 p.m. EDT, and the vote is scheduled to start at 5:30 p.m.
It will be the eighth time senators consider the House measure, which failed to advance on seven previous votes .
It comes at a critical time as military personnel are due to receive their paychecks Wednesday.
President Trump over the weekend directed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to use