What to know on Day 39 of the government shutdown:

Senators convened for a rare Saturday session aimed at ending the government shutdown , with no signs of an imminent breakthrough.

The chamber adjourned early Saturday evening, but is expected to reconvene on Sunday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters that the chamber will continue meeting until the government reopens.

Senators are working on finalizing the text of a package of three long-term appropriations bills that would be part of the GOP plan to end the impasse. Thune is pursuing a strategy that would involve voting to advance the House-passed continuing resolution and amending it to include the appropriations package — known as a "minibus" — as well as a longer extension of government funding. A vote to begin th

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