The Senate must pass a short-term government funding bill during the day on Friday to avoid a shutdown, but legislators are throwing in the timeline for a vote that is dealing with a series of holdups.
Which will pave the way for keeping the government open. But no agreement on the vote has been locked yet and it is still uncertain if other legislators will object to passing the short-term funding bill today.
Senate Majority Whip John Thun told reporters Thursday that lawmakers are facing a number of businesses in an effort to avoid a shutdown known as continuous resolution and wrap up the vote on the short-term spending bill, and end the defense policy bill.
The short-term spending bill extends government funding by up to a week and aims to give legislators more time to reach agreement on the Covid Relief and Comprehensive Funding Act for the new fiscal year. He will pass the House earlier this week.
Paul Lee, a Republican from Wyoming, said Thursday. He is filing a filebuster with the NDAA about the reforms made by Liz Cheney, which Paul says would limit the president’s ability to withdraw troops from a war zone like Afghanistan.
In addition, Vermont’s Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is seeking a vote on a provision that would give individuals a ચેક 1,200 incentive check, and a group of conservative senators is urging a vote on legislation to prevent future government closures.
So far, it’s not clear how this standoff will work. Probably a shutdown. Short and on weekends when many government operations are not open.
Uncertainty over a possible shutdown comes as legislators are also struggling to reach an agreement on a new round of covid relief and a comprehensive package of government funding.
If the Senate passes the Stopgap Bill on Friday, it will set a new rubbish deadline – giving legislators just an extra week to work on thorny issues that currently have those agreements, or potentially witness negotiations involved in both issues. .
The story has been updated with additional developments on Friday.
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