Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Thursday that Republicans are open to giving Democrats an amendment vote on a monthlong stopgap funding patch in exchange for votes to help Republicans pass a yearlong spending bill to avert a government shutdown.

Thune says Democrats voted for a CR in the past. “A similar continuing resolution passed ... with 85 votes. This one should be no different.”

ABC News’ Rachel Bade explains Sen. Chuck Schumer’s decision, and the Democratic opposition coming from his own party.

The United States Senate is to vote Friday on the six-month government funding bill that was passed by Congress, and while it's unclear whether it will succeed in the Senate, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,