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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tried to tie the pandemic relief checks to two unrelated efforts backed by Trump: revoking liability protection for social media companies and a study of
Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who is an Antiochian Orthodox Christian.
Shelby, R-Ala. Trump also criticized foreign aid provisions, including assistance to Egypt, Cambodia and Myanmar, that were part of the White House budget request for fiscal 2021.
Senate Armed Services Chairman James M.
Shelby, R-Ala., and numerous Democrats.
Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said on the floor, referring to the wind credit as a “market-distorting atrocity.”
Susan Collins, R-Maine, said even if final votes slipped only to Monday it wasn’t worth risking a federal funding lapse.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, told reporters earlier Saturday evening that talks were getting to a “better place” on the Fed dispute.
The panel heard testimony from Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, who is nominated to be judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit.
Josh Hawley, R-Mo., had also been holding out for assurances that direct payments to households would be included in the final coronavirus relief bill.
Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he would block the consent needed for swift Senate passage of a stopgap, however, unless congressional leaders can provide details of the emerging aid agreement and what the proposed
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has said he would not vote in favor of an override of the bill, which is known as the NDAA.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, said he expects the House to take up a short-term stopgap on Friday as a precaution, but that negotiators were making progress on the larger omnibus and relief package.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., who often stalls action on spending agreements, said he wouldn’t delay the process.
Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said. Hoyer said he wanted to meet the Friday deadline, but said leaders were prepared to introduce another stopgap measure if necessary.
Susan Collins, R-Maine, each told reporters Tuesday that their group’s $748 billion piece will be part of the eventual year-end legislation.
“This is the most important bill of the year,” Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., said in floor remarks Friday morning. “This is something we have to do.”
Another 7th Circuit spot opened on Nov. 30, when Joel M. Flaum, the court’s former chief judge, took senior status. No one has been named as a replacement for Flaum’s seat.
Grassley, R-Iowa, said talks were ongoing with House Ways and Means Chairman Richard E. Neal, D-Mass., about a package of tax, trade and pension provisions.
In January, Senate Armed Services Chairman James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., and other conservatives weighed in personally with Trump.