The Senate is expected to vote this evening on the passage of a government funding bill that will reopen the government amid the longest shutdown in US history. According to Politico, the vote is expected at 5 pm ET, then Senators will leave town.Watch live below:The vote is expected to include an amendment on provisions for the hemp industry from Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). Earlier it was reported that Paul delayed a vote on the final package to reopen the government.Per the Hill:Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve an objection from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about a provision in the government funding deal before they can accelerate consideration of the bill to end the 41-day shutdown.Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters Monday morning there is only one “objector” to speeding up Senate consideration of the government funding package, referring to Paul, who wants to strip a provision from the package that would prevent the unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based products.Paul wants to strip out language from the bill funding the Department of Agriculture that would ban the unregulated sale of intoxicating hemp-based or hemp-derived products, such as Delta-8, from being sold online or at gas stations and corner stores. The deal the Senate advanced Sunday includes full-year funding bills for military construction, veterans’ affairs, the Department of Agriculture and the legislative branch.A spokesperson for Paul said the Kentucky senator wants to reopen the government right away, but he has a major problem with provisions in the bill that “unfairly target Kentucky’s hemp industry.”Rand Paul responded this afternoon, denying that he is responsible for the delay, pointing to the fixed timing under Senate rules.“But there is extraneous language in this package that has nothing to do with reopening the government and would harm Kentucky’s hemp farmers and small businesses,” he said.Just to be clear: I am not delaying this bill. The timing is already fixed under Senate procedure. But there is extraneous language in this package that has nothing to do with reopening the government and would harm Kentucky’s hemp farmers and small businesses.Standing up for… pic.twitter.com/dp5E9vKUbi— Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) November 10, 2025As The Gateway Pundit reported, during a rare weekend session on Sunday, 40 days into the shutdown, eight Senate Democrats crossed the aisle to invoke cloture on the continuing resolution to fund the government through January 30, 2026.BREAKING UPDATE: Senate Invokes Cloture on Funding Plan Bringing Government One Step Closer to Opening/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i