Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the Senate floor late Monday afternoon, calling on their colleagues to work together to pass funding bills for several key government agencies before a Friday deadline to prevent a government shutdown.

Funding for the departments of Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs is set to run out by the end of the week. Then, the following week, the funding for the bulk of the other government agencies will expire if Congress fails to act.

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