Published 2 years ago

Senate Scraps Recess to Take on Filibuster

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After nearly seven hours in limbo on Thursday, the Senate adjourned for the long weekend and postponed next week's planned recess to the week of Jan. 24. The chamber is set to return on Tuesday to begin debate on the election and voting legislation. Senate Democrats blocked the Republican effort to impose sanctions on a Russian natural-gas pipeline.

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Senate Scraps Recess to Take on Filibuster

“Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) key deadline of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Monday for a Senate vote on election and voting legislation and a bid to change the chamber’s filibuster rules will come and go before the chamber takes up the proposals,” Politico reports.Punchbowl News: “Schumer doesn’t have the votes to win either of those fights. But after Schumer and President Joe Biden have gone this far playing a losin…

2 years ago·New York, United States

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