Schumer Eyes Thursday Senate Vote on CR With FCC Auction Authority Extension
The Senate could "finish its work" as soon as Thursday on a continuing resolution that would extend federal funding through Dec. 16 and renew the FCC's spectrum auction authority to the same date (see 2209270071), Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.,…
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said in a Wednesday floor speech. The chamber invoked cloture Tuesday on a motion to proceed to the CR with a 72-23 vote. An expedited Senate vote will depend on '"cooperation from our Republican colleagues" to shorten floor debate, said Schumer, who filed the CR as an amendment to shell bill HR-6833.