Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is considering bringing full-year appropriations bills — such as one to fund the Pentagon and pay the military — to the floor for a vote, he told Axios on Wednesday.

Why it matters: Bipartisan talks to reopen the government via a short-term spending stopgap bill are frozen. Now, Thune is at least contemplating other options. • Bringing standalone appropriations bills to the floor would be a long and tortuous way to reopen the government, department by department. • To pass a bundle of multiple appropriations bills — like the one that passed the Senate earlier this year — would require unanimous consent. • But Thune could bring a single appropriation bill to the floor if it has already been passed by the House, like the Defense package.

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