Senate GOP pushes spending bills as Democratic anger builds
Thune, but I would love to see the first minibus brought to the Senate floor before we break for the August recess," Collins said, referring to a potential bundle of several bills.
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Thune, but I would love to see the first minibus brought to the Senate floor before we break for the August recess," Collins said, referring to a potential bundle of several bills.
The amendment from Cole, R-Okla., which would be "self-executed," or incorporated into the base text upon adoption of the rule, would renew the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program through the
Overall, more than $1.9 billion worth of home-state projects made it into the bill, on top of $12.7 billion in the first spending package funding the remainder of federal agencies.
The first four appropriations bills are close to being completed, Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., said Monday.
The Paul amendment had a 60-vote threshold for adoption. The chamber had originally been set to vote on Indiana Sen.
Monday; if cloture is invoked, Schumer could unveil a substitute amendment containing the CR text, if it’s ready by then.
The Agriculture bill — which would be the first to go a final passage vote under the tentative schedule leadership is considering — would see additional cuts totaling $2.8 billion.
But the text also clarifies a few things that weren’t obvious earlier.
Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., expects to get a vote on her amendment to backfill the cash-strapped World Trade Center Health Fund for first-responders who got sick after the 9/11 cleanup efforts.
First vote Tuesday Democrats introduced the bill in the Senate, where a procedural vote is expected Tuesday to kickstart the floor process by moving to bring up the shell legislative vehicle.
Schumer took the first preliminary step Thursday toward considering stopgap funding legislation needed by the end of next week to avoid a partial government shutdown.
The Senate first voted 48-50 to reject an amendment from a group of Republican conservatives to bar funding to implement a new private sector vaccine mandate as well as requirements for federal employees
The one-sentence text of the measure would line up the debt limit and Dec. 3 government funding deadlines when the continuing resolution lapses, setting up a potential two-tiered “fiscal cliff” later
grandstanding, which she defined as political theater, badmouthing the other side, praising their own, grilling witnesses or taking policy positions (as opposed to soliciting information to inform a bill’s text
But he allowed it was possible lawmakers end up with a December stopgap at first and another extension later if necessary. “I don’t support any idea of a CR.
Senate passage ended a bitter week of partisan stalemate in the chamber as each party dug in and blamed the other side for the resulting three-day government shutdown, the first sustained funding
“When Democrats start paying our armed forces and first responders we will reopen negotiations on immigration reform,” Sanders said in the statement, which also described Senate Democrats as “obstructionist
Brady told reporters Tuesday that text of the health care amendment negotiated by Tuesday Group co-chairman Tom MacArthur and Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows “is being developed and refined”