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of the Deferred Action for Childhood Immigrants, or DACA, program as well as border security after the expiry of the next stopgap spending bill (assuming there’s not another shutdown).
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise returned to the Capitol Monday after surgery and a 12-day hospital stay to cast a “yes” vote on a stopgap spending bill that will reopen the government through Feb. 8.
Bill Nelson is running; and Michigan, home of Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
House Democratic leaders are not whipping the stopgap spending bill to reopen the government through Feb. 8, freeing members to vote how they wish, members and aides said Monday.
</p> On Friday, five Democrats, four of them up for re-election this year in states that President Donald Trump won, bucked their party and voted to advance a House-passed GOP bill to fund the government
</p> Watch: McConnell Laments Democratic Stall Tactics to Federal Nominees</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> During a confirmation hearing Thursday for Anne Marie White, tapped to serve as assistant secretary
</p> Tester said Monday his concerns were about the unreliability of a short-term funding bill.
stopgap bill the chamber is planning to vote on around 1 a.m.
the expiry of the next stopgap spending bill (assuming there’s not another shutdown).
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Charlie Dent, said when asked if Republicans would revolt if a DACA bill that couldn’t get majority support from the majority party was put on the floor.
</p> With the House set to pass a bipartisan bill to overhaul the process by which it handles claims of sexual harassment, “the speaker will apply these new standards to the allegations made against Mr
</p> Hoyer’s unanimous consent request to bring up the four-day CR was not entertained because the House was currently debating a rule to provide authority to bring a bill to the floor the same day it
</p> The Senate on Friday failed to cut off debate on a House-passed bill that would avert a government shutdown and extend funding another four weeks, setting into motion a lapse of appropriations under
That would be problematic since the administration and Senate GOP leaders need some Democratic support to vault a stopgap spending bill over a 60-vote threshold in the chamber.
on an immigration bill.
There are four GOP senators opposed to the current stopgap spending bill. It would take only two to block an effort to change the rules.</p> Senate Democrats would certainly oppose such a change.
That funding was included in a GOP omnibus spending bill the House passed in September.</p> House Chief Deputy Whip Patrick T.
</p> Democrats control enough Senate seats to hold up the passage of a bill on Friday, and only six Democrats in the House voted in favor of a spending bill on Thursday.