After hours of debate on the massive government spending package , the Senate adjourned until Saturday , pushing a fight that dominated Congress for days into the weekend . The Senate is expected to vote Monday on the $ 1.1 trillion package , which has already passed the House , Sens . Mitch McConnell and Barbara Mikulski said late Friday . Members from both parties in the Senate are trying to make last-minute changes to the bill . Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a procedural move Friday that would set up a vote on final passage in the Senate no later than Monday . In a surprise development , the Senate recessed until Saturday , when it is expected to approve a five-day continuing resolution to keep the government operating until the bill is completed . Reid tried to get unanimous consent for an adjournment until Monday when there would be enough votes to end the filibuster , but Sen. Mike Lee , R-Utah , objected because Reid would not guarantee a vote on an amendment dealing with immigration funding . Reid then announced to an almost empty chamber that the Senate will be in session beginning at noon Saturday . It 's unclear whether both sides will speed things up enough Saturday for a vote on the spending package . Two votes are expected Monday : a procedural vote to overcome the filibuster and end debate on the bill , and a second one on the final passage . The Senate was facing a Saturday deadline to approve the spending bill and avert a government shutdown , but that was pushed back . Earlier Friday , the House approved a five-day stopgap bill to make sure the government was continually funded . The chamber has been sifting through many of the same arguments that tied up the House on Thursday , when disagreements over immigration and provisions related to Wall Street and campaign finance nearly derailed the bill . Senate lawmakers wanted votes on amendments that would address those issues . 'Using every tool available ' Sen. Elizabeth Warren , D-Massachusetts , and Sen. David Vitter , R-Louisiana , filed an amendment that would strip a provision that softens financial regulations on banks from the spending bill . `` Congress should not put taxpayers on the hook for another bailout , and this giveaway that was drafted by Citigroup lobbyists has no place in a critical government funding bill , '' Warren said . Meanwhile , Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , a chief critic of President Barack Obama 's recent executive action on immigration , also said he wanted a vote to block those actions . `` I think it is critical that the Senate have the opportunity to have a clear up or down vote on funding President Obama 's illegal executive amnesty , '' he told reporters . `` I am using every tool available to help bring about that vote . '' But by making the procedural move , Reid prevented those amendments from being considered . Amendment votes could have been risky because if either measure passed , the spending bill would have to go back to the House to be voted on again . While the House is technically in session , most members have left Washington until the new Congress convenes in early January . A day after his administration scrambled to save the bill after it appeared it might be defeated in the House , the President said he was pulling for it in the Senate . `` I 'm glad it passed the House and am hopeful that it will pass the Senate , '' he said .
Lawmakers from both parties proposed amendments . Senate was facing a Saturday deadline to approve the $ 1 trillion spending bill . 5-day emergency resolution needed to keep Senate open until bill is completed .