Shutdown Tests Patience on Repeated Votes
The government shutdown has turned into a “take it or leave it” proposition, featuring repeated failed votes on funding bills.
But there are glimmers of interest in a possible compromise.
Key Senate Republicans are pushing for Democrats to accept their straightforward stopgap funding bill running through Nov. 21, which has failed on the floor three times so far. They plan to hold more votes on the same measures tomorrow.
- “The Democrats need to pass the House’s seven-week funding bill,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) told reporters yesterday. “Until then, there’s nothing to negotiate, there’s no ...