Senate Republicans are criticizing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for not giving floor time to the must-pass appropriations bills in the next two weeks as the next deadline to avoid a government shutdown approaches.
The Senate is only in session Tuesday and Wednesday this week after Thursday’s votes were canceled so members could travel to California for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s funeral. The votes scheduled for those two session days have been related to advancing some of President Joe Biden’s nominations.The abbreviated workweek comes after an extended one. Senators were forced to stay in Washington through late Saturday evening as Congress worked to avert a government shutdown temporarily.
“The best I can tell is probably for the next two weeks, the Senate won't be making any progress. So unfortunately, we may find ourselves back where we found ourselves this weekend in 45 days,” Sen. John Cornyn said. “Sen. Schumer seems disinterested in making any progress.” “I'm going to continue to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but I do hope that Sen. Schumer will pivot to the appropriations bills and have us work Monday through Friday, all day long to get them through,” she added.
Democrats on the Appropriations Committee also expressed a desire for Schumer to schedule floor votes on the bills, which individually fund different sectors of the federal government.
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