Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Thursday that he will act later in the day to advance a bipartisan government funding bill after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) failed to pass a partisan six-month funding measure that was tied to voter registration reform.

The U.S. Senate will prepare temporary spending legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday.

The Senate will advance a bipartisan stopgap government funding bill on Thursday after efforts to pass a similar measure in the Republican-controlled House fell apart, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced.