Senate Majority Leader John Thune confirmed before leaving for the White House that the Senate will vote on Tuesday on the House-passed continuing resolution that would fund the government until Nov. 21, buying lawmakers more time to negotiate full-year appropriations bills and reach a potential deal on the insurance subsidies.

Bipartisan congressional leadership met with President Trump at the White House on Monday afternoon in a last-minute effort to avert the crisis. The meeting ended without an agreement.

A possible federal government shutdown is less than two days away as congressional lawmakers remain at odds over funding the government beyond September 30. Although Republicans control Capitol Hill and the White House,

The government is still set to shutdown, after Democrats Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries met with Trump and didn't reach a deal.

Congress hasn’t passed funding for the next fiscal year.A shutdown would furlough hundreds of thousands of federal workers and restrict a range of government operations, although critical services and payments would continue.

The White House last week told federal agencies to begin preparing for mass firings if Congress does not pass a deal to avert a government shutdown.

A memo from the White House budget office telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings should the government shut down signaled a dramatic escalation in a funding staredown with fewer potential off-ramps as next week’s deadline nears.