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

The House will officially be out of session again next week amid the government shutdown for the eighth week in a row. The lower chamber held its last vote on Sept. 19 -- 49 days ago.

The House was slated to be on recess next week.

During the Friday afternoon pro forma session, the clerk read a message from the speaker of the House designating Monday, Nov. 10 through Sunday, Nov. 16 as a "district work period."

Speaker Mike Johnson has kept his chamber on a 48-hour notice return, meaning the House will be out unless there is Senate action to resolve the government shutdown.

There are no committee hearings or markups scheduled in the House next week.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said the chamber will vote Friday on a bill proposed by Republican Sen. Ron Johnson that would pay federal workers and active-duty troops who are currently reporting to work.

Sen. Johnson first asked the chamber on Friday afternoon to unanimously pass his bill, but it wasn’t ultimately able to move forward, with Democratic Sen. Gary Peters objecting several times to its advancement without modifications. Peters claimed the bill "still leaves too much discretion up to President Trump" and allows for the possibility of funds to be misused. He proposed a different bill that would ensure federal employees receive pay without additional administrative allowances.

The back-and-forth between Johnson and Peters over their competing bills to pay federal workers became even more contentious when Thune inserted himself, strongly urging the chamber to back the unanimous passage of Johnson's measure.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the government could reopen "within a few hours" if Republicans accept the Democratic proposal.

Democratic Sen. Gary Peters followed Schumer's Senate floor speech, saying if Republicans accept the offer "we could open the government today."

"Wouldn't that be fabulous? Show that we can come together," Peters said on the floor. He later added, "Compromise is a two-way street."

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor to outline Democrats' new proposal to end the shutdown.

"I've spoken with my caucus, and Democrats are offering a very simple compromise," Schumer said. "Democrats are ready to clear the way to quickly pass a government funding bill that includes health care affordability. Leader Thune just needs to add a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits to the CR so that we can immediately address rising health care costs."

"Now, the ball is in the Republicans' court. We need Republicans to just say yes," he said.