[U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thune: Positive Progress Made in Negotiations to End U.S. Government Shutdown] According to Golden Finance, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Thune stated that bipartisan negotiations in the Senate to end the federal government shutdown have made positive progress. Lawmakers are working to reach an agreement to temporarily reopen the government and propose three longer-term funding bills for certain agencies. According to Republican senators, lawmakers had initially hoped to release the full text of three full-year appropriations measures for the 2026 fiscal year on Saturday, including funding for agriculture, food and nutrition programs, military construction projects, veterans' programs, and congressional operations. The proposal would provide funding for these initiatives through September 30, 2026. However, by the end of the workweek, the two parties had not reached an agreement to reopen the government, nor had they released the full-year appropriations bills to the public. The Senate will make another attempt at negotiations during a rare Sunday session.