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Senators reach deal to accelerate CR votes
Senators reach deal to accelerate CR votes
Updated: 9/25/13 9:17 PM EDT
Senators struck a deal on Wednesday night to accelerate consideration of the House-passed government spending bill............
After working all day to reach agreement, the Senate unanimously began considering the spending bill, which defunds Obamacare and funds the government through Dec. 15. That speeds up the long Senate process of actually passing the bill by at least a day, putting final passage of the bill on course for Saturday, possibly earlier. If Congress doesn’t act, the government will shutdown on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
“We’ll be back tomorrow hoping that we can speed things up even more than the rules require,” Reid said.
Now, House Speaker John Boehner and his restive Republican caucus will have more time to consider their next move after the Senate sends back its version of the continuing resolution or CR, minus the defund Obamacare language. The House will have to decide whether to pass the amended bill or send it back with changes, like a one-year delay of Obamacare’s individual mandate.
The Senate will now vote on Friday morning at the latest on ending debate on the CR, a vote that several conservative senators vow to oppose given Reid’s ability to stripping out the Obamacare language. On Wednesday evening, Reid filed the amendment that eliminates the controversial defunding provision and changes the CR’s expiration date to Nov. 15.
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Full article here: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/senate-spending-bill-vote-97335.html?hp=t2_3
Note: Bolding above for emphasis is mine.