Senate Majority Chief John Thune (R-S.D.) instructed reporters Wednesday that he plans to maintain the Senate in session by way of the weekend if Democrats do not reverse course and assist advance a Home-passed invoice that may fund the federal government by way of Nov. 21, a proposal that has already failed twice on the Senate flooring.
“We’ll probably have to be here if we’re going to keep voting to shut down,” Thune stated, referring to the Democratic blockade of the Home-passed funding invoice.
The Senate will vote once more on Wednesday on a movement to advance the Home invoice, however Democrats are holding agency. They are saying they gained’t reopen federal departments and businesses till Republicans agree to barter an extension of enhanced well being care insurance coverage premium subsidies, that are as a result of expire on the finish of the yr.
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Thune, nevertheless, has stated he’ll recess the Senate on Thursday in observance of Yom Kippur, a Jewish excessive vacation.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) instructed reporters at a press convention Wednesday morning that he gained’t reconvene the Home till subsequent week, which implies the Home-passed persevering with decision stays the one legislative car that might be used to reopen authorities within the subsequent few days.
