Senate passes three funding bills as battle to prevent government shutdown heats up

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Source: NBC News

Nov. 1, 2023, 5:45 PM EDT


WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate passed a trio of government funding bills Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, a move that some senators hope will pressure the Republican-controlled House to change course from its partisan approach.

The Senate voted 82-15 to approve funding bills covering military construction and veterans affairs, transportation and housing, and agriculture. The vote breaks a lengthy logjam on government funding ahead of a Nov. 17 deadline to avert a shutdown.

“There is definitely uncertainty with regard to how the House will respond to our strong bipartisan votes on appropriation bills,” said Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee. “But we hope that they will conclude, especially seeing the strong bipartisan votes, that the only way forward is through bipartisanship.”

Baldwin said she hopes the progress will move Congress to approve a short-term funding bill to buy time for a “final product before the end of the year — and that’s simply the strategy that I am pursuing.”

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-3-funding-bills-battle-prevent-shutdown-heats-rcna123227

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1. Interesting.

A positive development in maintaining a functioning government.

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2. The Senate has been busy during the year

holding hearings and marking up their own versions of the appropriations bills (which is something that is normally done anyway).

At some point the two chambers need to reconcile the versions.

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3. Very true,,,,but they seems to be aligning with the Democrats on key issues.

Get Biden's appointments done.
Get key spending bills done (ME/Ukraine)
Pass legislation that keeps the government operating.

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4. They have their loons in the Senate

but as long as Schumer is controlling the floor, they can at least move on what they have.

For example, for the Military/Veterans Affairs appropriations (to roll call that is available so far on their site) - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00284.htm

The nays and not votings -

NAYs ---15

Barrasso (R-WY)
Braun (R-IN)
Budd (R-NC)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Ernst (R-IA)
Hawley (R-MO)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lummis (R-WY)
Paul (R-KY)
Ricketts (R-NE)
Risch (R-ID)
Schmitt (R-MO)
Scott (R-FL)
Tuberville (R-AL)

Not Voting - 3
Lee (R-UT)
Scott (R-SC)
Tillis (R-NC)