Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) said Sunday that the House of Representatives would accept a Senate bill funding the government through Feb. 8, after it passed a measure to keep the government’s lights on through Feb. 16.

Ryan told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that the House will back a three-week funding bill from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (R-Ky.).

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“We have agreed that we would accept that in the House, and so we will see sometime today whether or not they have the votes for that. And that’s really where we are right now,” Ryan said.

The Senate late Friday failed to pass a short-term funding bill to keep the government open, causing a partial government shutdown to go into effect at midnight.

Ryan on Sunday echoed his fellow Republicans and the Republican National Committee in placing the blame for the shutdown on Democrats.

“They blew up the negotiations that were already underway,” Ryan said.

Democrats charge that President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE is to blame for the shutdown, which resulted after failed negotiations over immigration and health care.