Senate Eyes Thursday Vote on Extending Appropriations Through March 11
The Senate was expected to vote as soon as Thursday night on a continuing resolution (HR-6617) to extend existing federal funding levels through March 11. The chamber voted 65-30 Thursday to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Communications Daily is required reading for senior executives at top telecom corporations, law firms, lobbying organizations, associations and government agencies (including the FCC). Join them today!
CR, but further votes on the measure hadn’t been set Thursday afternoon. “It’s a typical CR exercise,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters. “We’ll have some amendments, and then we’ll pass the CR and the government won’t be shut down.” Senate passage of the CR would avert a government shutdown that would otherwise begin when an existing CR expires Friday night. The House passed the measure last week (see 2202090041).