The Senate has passed a three-week spending patch that's expected to hit Biden's desk well before government funding runs out at midnight Friday
“We're not going to leave till we get this done. We're not letting a few outliers shut the government down,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday afternoon. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesThe Senate passed a short-term funding bill Thursday night to head off a government shutdown, after Democrats bent to Republican demands for controversial votes on vaccine mandates.
The three-week spending patch is expected to hit President Joe Biden’s desk well before government funding runs out at midnight Friday. Punting the next deadline to March 11, thegives top lawmakers more time to negotiate a broad bipartisan package to hike federal spending through September.talks on a sweeping bill to boost funding for the Pentagon and non-defense programs have shown promise over the last week, according to deal-makers on both sides of the aisle.
Democrats locked in fast-track passage of the stopgap funding bill after ceding to Republican demands for three amendment votes. The Senate voted 46-47 to tank an amendment by Sen. that would prevent the Biden administration from enforcing vaccine mandates for federal workers and the military. In a 44-49 vote, the chamber rejected a proposal by Sen. to cut off federal cash to schools and child care centers that require kids to be vaccinated against Covid.
“The American people understand that we’re ready to move on. We’re ready to not have government dictating every aspect of our lives,” Lee said on the floor. A commonly offered “balanced budget” amendment was rejected 47-45, under a 60-vote bar. That proposal by
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