House plans Thursday vote on government funding bill to extend spending through November

This is cobbled together from speaking to multiple sources on both sides of the Capitol The House is now aiming to vote Thursday on the clean interim spending bill which would fund the cabinet through November But Republicans must first get the bill through the House Several senior House Republican sources explained that they were still talking to the usual persons Republicans can only lose two votes to pass a bill on their own House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries D-N Y expressed confidence he could hold all of his Democrats together and oppose the bill Jeffries reported that will be the focus of a Democratic Caucus on Thursday TRUMP PRESSURES REPUBLICANS TO PASS A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO AVERT A EXECUTIVE SHUTDOWNIt is also still not a done deal that the House would move on Thursday This could slip to Friday There is now the distinct possibility of a weekend session in the Senate potentially Saturday Here s why If the House approves the ruling body funding package this must go through two rounds of cloture to break a filibuster That requirements yeas It is advantageous to Senate Republicans to have the House approve the bill Thursday If so Senate Majority Leader John Thune R-S D can file cloture to set up a test vote on Saturday By rule the Senate cannot take that test vote without an intervening day SCOOP GOP RAMPS UP SHUTDOWN FIGHT TARGETS VULNERABLE DEMOCRATS IN NEW AD BLITZ To wit Let s say the House theoretically approves the bill on Thursday Thune gets the bill on Thursday and files cloture to cut off debate and break a filibuster Friday is the intervening day That tees up a procedural vote just to get onto the bill needing yeas on Saturday in the Senate But if the House votes and passes the CR on Friday none of this can happen until Sunday There s the rub Multiple Senate Republicans want to attend Charlie Kirk s funeral in Arizona on Sunday So a Saturday scenario is much better for the GOP Why not wait until Monday you may ask GOP LAWMAKERS CLASH OVER STRATEGY TO AVERT AUTHORITIES SHUTDOWN PREDICAMENT Well the Senate is scheduled to be out for Rosh Hashanah next week Same with the House Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Monday and runs through nightfall Wednesday So the Senate could punt and deal with it next Thursday However the Senate also requirements to take another procedural vote down the road if it could ever get yeas more on that in a moment to finish the bill So it may be helpful to do this sooner rather than later That mentioned one senior Senate GOP source suggested to Fox that the Senate could remain in session through Rosh Hashanah to deal with the procedural measures That could be interpreted as a direct sleight to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N Y the highest-ranking Jewish figure in American political history Keep in mind the executive is funded through p m ET Sept So they have time But the period is collapsed because of the scheduled recess next week Regardless the Senate requirements yeas to break a filibuster Republicans only have votes in the Senate if Sen Rand Paul R-Ky opposes an interim spending bill This is why Republicans are trying to blame a expected shutdown on the Democrats And Democrats are saying they need something likely a renewal of Obamacare subsidies in exchange for their votes And there will likely be a lot more drama between now and the end of the month