Schumer’s comments are a change in tune from Wednesday when he said that Democrats would not provide the votes needed to approve the House-passed stopgap funding measure. He argued that the Senate should instead vote on a “clean” bill that would maintain spending levels for 30 days to enable bipartisan negotiations.

Chuck Schumer is under pressure to unite Senate Democrats as his party agonizes over whether to trigger a shutdown in less than 36 hours, or side with the president.