The Senate’s summer exit is getting complicated as lawmakers brace for some weekend work.
Tensions are running high over government funding negotiations. And Senate leaders have yet to seal a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees as Majority Leader John Thune shuttles between the White House and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Here’s the latest on where things stand.
Funding meltdown — The prospects for two major appropriations bills are dimming after a flurry of drama.
The odds of including the Commerce-Justice-Science bill in an appropriations “minibus” withered late Thursday night. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who has…
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