WASHINGTON — The Senate is considering working over the weekend as lawmakers from both parties scramble for a deal to reopen the government and advance a number of full-year spending bills, sources familiar with the schedule told the Deseret News.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., will tee up a vote on the House-passed spending resolution on Friday morning, marking the 15th time the Republican framework will come to the floor. If passed, Thune plans to amend the legislation with a later date, likely into January, and attach a three-bill minibus advancing full-year spending bills for a slate of federal agencies.

The vote will still require at least eight Democrats to cross party lines to succeed, which they have not done on the last 14 attempts. But this time, Thune hopes to se

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