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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters after a fiery floor speech on Friday that the Senate will "roll into the weekend."

Earlier in the day, Thune said he expected the Senate to be in town this weekend.

"Our members are going to be advised to be available if in fact there is a need to vote, and we will see what happens and whether or not, over the course of the next couple of days, the Democrats find a way to reengage again," Thune had said.

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."