The Bill will suspend the US government’s debt ceiling and avoid a disastrous default. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The agreement allows senators to offer 11 amendments to the Bill, all of which are expected to fail but nonetheless force brief debate and a vote.
“A strong bipartisan majority of senators stands ready to receive and process emergency funding requests from this administration,” he said on the Senate floor. Mr Schumer separately issued a statement with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell vowing to work together to try and complete the regular appropriations bills and avoid a 1 per cent across-the-board cut.
But the statement, combined with the 11 amendment votes, cleared the way for swift passage after Republicans Mike Lee of Utah and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina threatened to use the chamber’s arcane rules to delay a vote past the June 5 deadline.
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