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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate set to vote this evening on government funding bill with $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
The Senate is set to vote Thursday evening to pass a massive $1.5 trillion government funding bill that includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.
The chamber is first voting on several amendments backed by GOP senators that are expected to fail followed by final passage of the bill. The Senate is under pressure to act ahead of a looming deadline on Friday when government funding is set to expire. The House of Representatives passed the sweeping bill late Wednesday evening.
A shutdown is not expected to happen, however, as both sides signal they do not want that scenario to play out.
As part of the effort to prevent a shutdown, the House also passed on Wednesday night a stopgap bill to extend government funding through Tuesday. The Senate is expected to take up and pass the short-term funding extension at some point in addition to the broader spending bill so that congressional clerks have time to finish processing the text of the larger bill before sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a floor speech Thursday morning, touted the $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine in the omnibus and pointed to it as a pressing reason for the Senate to quickly pass the massive spending bill.
The chamber is first voting on several amendments backed by GOP senators that are expected to fail followed by final passage of the bill. The Senate is under pressure to act ahead of a looming deadline on Friday when government funding is set to expire. The House of Representatives passed the sweeping bill late Wednesday evening.
A shutdown is not expected to happen, however, as both sides signal they do not want that scenario to play out.
As part of the effort to prevent a shutdown, the House also passed on Wednesday night a stopgap bill to extend government funding through Tuesday. The Senate is expected to take up and pass the short-term funding extension at some point in addition to the broader spending bill so that congressional clerks have time to finish processing the text of the larger bill before sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, in a floor speech Thursday morning, touted the $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine in the omnibus and pointed to it as a pressing reason for the Senate to quickly pass the massive spending bill.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/10/politics/senate-spending-bill-ukraine-aid/index.html
Senate floor live:
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/floor_activity_pail.htm
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Senate set to vote this evening on government funding bill with $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid (Original Post)
honest.abe
Mar 2022
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According to the article this will get passed and sent to Biden before a shutdown occurs.
honest.abe
Mar 2022
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Cha
(297,211 posts)1. KR TY & Very Best of Luck!
💙💛
honest.abe
(8,678 posts)2. According to the article this will get passed and sent to Biden before a shutdown occurs.
A shutdown is not expected to happen, however, as both sides signal they do not want that scenario to play out.
As part of the effort to prevent a shutdown, the House also passed on Wednesday night a stopgap bill to extend government funding through Tuesday.
The Senate is expected to take up and pass the short-term funding extension at some point in addition to the broader spending bill so that congressional clerks have time to finish processing the text of the larger bill before sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
As part of the effort to prevent a shutdown, the House also passed on Wednesday night a stopgap bill to extend government funding through Tuesday.
The Senate is expected to take up and pass the short-term funding extension at some point in addition to the broader spending bill so that congressional clerks have time to finish processing the text of the larger bill before sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Cha
(297,211 posts)3. TY, honestabe! 💙💛
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ColinC
(8,292 posts)4. Oh hey GOP willing to hold up crucial Ukraine aid by spending hours offering DOA amendments
Typical
jimfields33
(15,794 posts)5. Pretty standard. It was done during Iraq and Afghanistan wars too.
This is one thing that happens for every bill. Rare that no amendments are tried.
ColinC
(8,292 posts)6. Right. Same with putting funds for separate things together with more controversial
Things to get what you want passed. Still horrible to me given the time constraints at the moment.