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.

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.

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday that the Senate would "step in" to avert a government shutdown after a plan by House Speaker Mike Johnson failed to get approval. "House Republicans don't seem to have any plan for actually keeping the government open, so the Senate will step in.