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…
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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).