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</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.
</p> Judiciary Republicans split on it 15-8, with Goodlatte supporting the Nunes-Schiff bill while civil libertarians like Jim Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin dissented.
</p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Government Funding Bill past last night in the House of Representatives.
a House GOP-crafted stopgap spending bill that would avert a federal shutdown.
</p> If Congressional leaders fail to pass a long-term appropriations bill or a stopgap spending measure by Friday, the federal government will shut down Saturday, when the current continuing resolution
As negotiations between Democrats and Republicans to avert a govenent shutdown continue, the Senate will vote at 10 p.m. on the House-passed bill to extend funding for four weeks, and members of the House
By Bian Elkhatib</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> <p class="p1">Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized Democrats on Friday as the minority party — whose votes are needed on procedural votes
The House on Thursday passed a continuing resolution to fund the government past midnight on Friday, but the bill has yet to pass the Senate.
</p> That didn’t stop some members from hitting the highway. Rep. Bill Flores, R-Texas, said, when explaining he is leaving the Capitol following the last House votes on Friday.
</p> The bill would also prohibit sexual relationships between lawmakers and staff, and between staff when one is a subordinate.
</p> A senior Democratic aide confirmed that Democratic opposition means the bill does not have the 60 votes needed to advance.
</p> [The Blame Game Over the Shutdown Showdown]</p> The second vote leaders committed to would be a conservative immigration bill and would occur before Feb. 16, the end date in the CR, Meadows said.
</p> The defense bill the House will be voting on in the next 10 legislative days would include language to raise the defense cap to the NDAA authorized levels, roughly $80 billion, Meadows said.