U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thune: Positive progress has been made in negotiations to end the U.S. government shutdown.

Jinse Finance reported that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thune stated that bipartisan negotiations in the Senate to end the federal government shutdown have made positive progress. Lawmakers are working to reach an agreement to temporarily reopen the government and have proposed three longer-term appropriations bills for certain agencies. According to Republican senators, lawmakers had originally hoped to release the full text of three full-year appropriations measures for fiscal year 2026 on Saturday, including agriculture, food and nutrition programs, as well as military construction projects, veterans' programs, and congressional operating funds. This proposal would provide funding for these actions through September 30, 2026. However, by the end of the workweek, the two parties had not reached an agreement to restart the government, nor had they released the full-year appropriations bills to the public. The Senate will make another attempt at negotiations in a rare Sunday session.