A lot of federal government employees might be laid off after the Senate votes on a continuing resolution to keep the government open while working on a new budget. The Senate has scheduled a 5 p.m. EDT vote on the continuing resolution that would fund the government for another month while working on a Fiscal Year 2026 budget.

Senate Democrats have voted down a Republican bill to keep funding the government, putting it on a near certain path to a shutdown after midnight Wednesday for the first time in nearly seven years.

Some government functions — like NASA’s space missions, President Donald Trump ’s immigration crackdown, and certain public health work at the FDA and the USDA — would continue during a shutdown.