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Congress Holds More Overnight Votes as Funding and Surveillance Fights Drag On
Lawmakers are using marathon vote-a-ramas to push party-line bills, with late-night sessions stretching past 3:30 a.m. and deepening partisan frustration.
- Congress repeatedly debated pressing national issues well past midnight this week, as House GOP and Senate leaders utilized overnight sessions to force legislative action on surveillance and government funding.
- Leaders hold these sessions in the middle of the night to exhaust members and force quick votes, utilizing the 'vote-a-rama' process that allows majorities to bypass filibusters by offering unlimited amendments.
- John Kennedy of Louisiana and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska expressed frustration with the schedule; Kennedy noted, "Frankly I am worried about the health of some of our members," as sessions dragged until 3:30 a.m.
- While overnight sessions are not new, they have become the default mode of governing as bipartisanship fades, with lawmakers resignedly expecting these exhausting marathons to continue as chambers careen from crisis to crisis.
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Congress Keeps Holding All-Nighters
Associated Press: “It’s a complaint as old as the Congress, with leaders in both major political parties often turning to the torturous grind of an overnight session to exhaust members, overcome objections and push legislation to passage. But it’s a scenario that is playing out again and again, nearly business as usual, as the House and the Senate fracture and careen from one crisis to the next.” “Lawmakers say it’s a symptom of a broken Congres…
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Leaning Left9Leaning Right4Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
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