A Three-Week Storm Brews
Partisan tensions that have ratcheted up dramatically will make compromise all the more difficult as each side tries to position for the November elections, with the potential for the first government shutdown
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Partisan tensions that have ratcheted up dramatically will make compromise all the more difficult as each side tries to position for the November elections, with the potential for the first government shutdown
That could lead to the biggest confrontation between Congress and the White House on spending since the 1995 government shutdown, which helped President Bill Clinton reclaim relevance after the 1994 Republican
The relentless schedule (the 104th Congress saw more than 1,300 votes) led to pulled achilles tendons and all-night and weekend sessions.
In the face of such criticisms, CVC officials have repeatedly defended the project, noting that despite setbacks that included a three-month shutdown after the 2001 terrorist attacks, construction
project has faced repeated setbacks — the center had at one time been slated to open for the January 2005 presidential inauguration — Fontana asserted the project is actually just nine months behind the schedule
“This is an insult, an assault on the Senate,” the Tennessee Republican said at a Tuesday-afternoon press conference during which he vowed to keep the Senate on schedule.
Congress would have to approve at least two CRs under the nascent plan being discussed to avoid a government shutdown.
Emergency planning officials in the Senate, who coordinate out of the Sergeant-at-Arms office, will be observing, Coughlin said, adding: “They have their own exercise schedule.”