Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) are holding a press conference at 11 a.m. as the government shutdown enters its third day .

The Senate will again vote on different stopgap funding proposals on Friday that have now failed several times.

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