US Senate to vote Thursday on opposing bids to end shutdown

US Senate leaders have agreed to vote Thursday on competing proposals to end a government shutdown now in its second month, but the chances are slim that either will reopen federal agencies.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and top Democrat Chuck Schumer announced an agreement on the Senate floor Tuesday for a pair of test votes.The first would be a procedural step on a measure that funds all shuttered branches of government through September, and includes President Donald Trump's demand fo