It’s the Senate’s last chance of the week to avoid a shutdown. There’s no sign it’s happening — but Republicans believe another failed vote Friday could help push Democrats closer to desperation and a potential off-ramp.
If the vote on the GOP-led CR goes the same way as the previous tries, “we’ll give them the weekend to think about it,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday. “And then we’ll come back and vote on Monday.”
Thune told POLITICO he’s open to meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer but it depends “a little bit on how things go” Friday and what the New York Democrat’s end-game for their sit-down would be. Thune…
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