Government shutdown updates: Senate vote marks step towards ending federal shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated that he will not promise House Democrats a vote by a date certain on the Affordable Care Act subsidies -- something Senate Majority Leader John Thune has offered to Democrats in his chamber.

"No," Johnson declared at a news conference in the Capitol. "Because we did our job, and I am not part of that negotiation. The House did its job on Sept. 19. I am not promising anybody anything. I am going to let this process play out."

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries fired back in response to the speaker’s remarks at his news conference.

"Well, Mike Johnson has claimed over the last several weeks that Republicans are the party of health care. That's a joke. Why does this guy keep lying to the American people week after week after week?” Jeffries said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Senate Majority Leader John Thune continues to search for a path to reopen the government while Democrats huddle again privately Thursday.

"Hopefully they'll come out of there with 10 or more that are willing to vote open the government. We'll find out," Thune told reporters after he opened the floor on Thursday morning.

Thune has hinted that senators may work through the weekend, depending on the progress in the upper chamber.

"If there's a path forward to vote, whether that's today, tomorrow, Saturday, we'll stay and do that," Thune said. "If the far left wins out in this and the Dems dig in, then I don't know. We'll see."

-ABC News' John Parkinson

In a filing overnight, USDA informed a federal judge that it had initially miscalculated the SNAP benefits that would be paid out if all $4.65 billion left in the program's contingency fund were depleted.

"USDA performed further analysis and determined that the maximum allotments need only be reduced by 35%, instead of 50%," agency official Patrick Penn said in a sworn declaration.

This means the benefits will be paid out at 65% of the typical November amount, not 50%.

The mistake was also caught by advocates who have sued the Trump administration, who noted it in their own filing to the court Tuesday night.

-ABC News' Steven Portnoy

Senate Democrats are expected to huddle as a caucus behind closed doors on Thursday -- the 37th day of the government shutdown.

Democrats will meet for a caucus lunch hosted by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, an aide confirmed to ABC News.

The ongoing government shutdown is expected to be a focus of those discussions. A similar lunch by Democrats on Tuesday lasted nearly three hours as Democrats attempted to sort out a path forward.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin