Senators are poised for a cloture vote to extend funding, but uncertainty lingers over provisions for disaster relief and Ukrainian aid amid looming shutdown fears.
FOX News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram presses the House speaker on the bill tension.are gearing up for a cloture vote measure Tuesday evening to end negotiations and extend government funding past the Sept. 30 deadline with a"clean" Continuing Resolution .
"We now have four days to go until funding expires on Saturday at midnight, we are now right at the precipice," Schumer said Tuesday on the Senate floor."Over the weekend, Senate Democrats and Republicans together worked in good faith to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution that will keep the government open beyond Sept. 30. We are very close to finishing our work and hope to release text very soon.
"They're concerned about addressing the consequences of the bad administration's failure to secure our southern border," McConnell said of the House."We are eager to provide relief to communities recovering from natural disasters from Hawaii, to Florida, and bipartisan majorities recognize the ongoing need to counter Russia and China and continue to provide lethal aid to Ukraine.
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