[U.S. Senate to Hold Sixth Vote on Short-Term Funding Bill on the 8th] According to a report by Jinse Finance, on October 7 local time, U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Republican Senator John Thune stated that the Senate will once again vote on two short-term funding bills on the 8th. These include the Republican version passed by the House of Representatives and an alternative proposed by the Democrats. Thune pointed out that the vote could not take place that day due to procedural sequencing and scheduling issues. He revealed that some members of both parties had dinner together that evening to discuss the progress of the government shutdown but did not disclose further details. This will be the Senate's sixth attempt to pass a temporary spending bill to end the federal government shutdown, with the previous five attempts all failing. (Jin10)