Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate is set to vote for the first time in five days on a new continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government as the country enters the 14th day of a federal shutdown Tuesday.
A notice from the office of House Republican Whip John Barrasso said a procedural vote on Republicans' proposed funding bill would take place at 5:30 p.m., CBS News reported. The U.S. House passed the legislation Sept. 30, a day before the government shutdown went into effect, but the upper chamber has been deadlocked on the matter for weeks.
There's no indication senators will hold a vote Tuesday on the Democrats' competing bill.
Senators last voted on funding legislation on Thursday before heading into a long break coinciding with Monday's bank holiday. With no action on the issue in several days, lawmakers in both chambers -- and within the Trump administration -- have used the time to trade criticisms over who's to blame for the shutdown, which has left about 750,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay.
In addition to furloughs, the Trump administration has begun carrying out mass firings, including 1,446 employees at the Justice Department and another 1,200 at the Department of Health and Human Services, USA Today reported.
