Washington (CNN) The Senate will take two key votes on Thursday on competing proposals aimed at ending the ongoing government shutdown -- one backed by Republicans and the other backed by Democrats and both likely to fail. One of the votes will be on a proposal backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to fund President Donald Trump's border wall and reopen shuttered parts of the government. The other vote will be on House-passed legislation backed by Democrats to reopen the government without providing new funding for the wall. Both proposals are expected to fail at this point because either would need 60 votes to advance. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer explained in remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday that lawmakers had reached an agreement to hold the votes.

Source: CNN January 22, 2019 19:59 UTC