Senate Republicans Are Preparing to Block Bill That Would Keep The Government Funded

Senate Republicans are preparing to artifact a measure that would support the authorities funded, provide billions of dollars successful hurricane alleviation and support the United States from defaulting connected its debts. The vote, expected aboriginal today, is definite to woody a “death blow” to the bill, according to The Washington Post, and volition unit Democrats to devise their ain way forward.

Last week, House Democrats unveiled legislation that volition avert a authorities shutdown and support the authorities funded done December 3. The measure volition also suspend the indebtedness bounds into adjacent year. The House approved the measure, but it was known that it would run into occupation successful the Senate, wherever it would request the support of 10 Republicans.

Republicans, nether the person of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have said they volition not enactment suspending the indebtedness bounds successful protestation of a $3.5 trillion spending program that would codify overmuch of the Democratic agenda, peculiarly an enlargement of the societal information net.