Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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McConnell’s decision came after the Senate was in limbo for nearly 12 hours Friday as Democrats tried to reach an agreement that could win the 50 members of their group.
“They want to start the branch vote that could have been done in broad daylight because of their own confusion and the challenges of bringing together 50 people to agree on something when they could do it more quickly on a bipartisan basis,” he said. McConnell. . “So, instead of starting the vote at five minutes past 11, I propose to postpone until 10 in the morning”
But Democrats were able to vote for the effort. In addition to controlling the majority, because Vice President Harris can break the tie, Republicans also lack a vote for the senator. And Sullivan
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The effort to sign up until Saturday comes after Democrats set a new record for the longest ballot in modern Senate history when they left a vote open on Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Democrats left voting open as they met in closed-door meetings to reach an unemployment payment agreement moderated by the senator. Joe Manchin
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Democrats announced the deal shortly before 8 p.m., but are still waiting for a joint committee on taxation. score.
Despite opposition from McConnell, leader of the Senate majority Charles Schumer
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“Now that this agreement has been reached, we will go to power for the rest of the process and get this bill enforced,” he said. “Let’s not fool ourselves: we’ll keep working until we finish the job.”