Senate Fails to Finish Spending Bill - NationalJournal tinyurl/l3t935w he Senate failed Friday to finish work on a spending bill, unable to come up with a deal that would please their parties most ideological members. Instead, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the upper chamber would return Saturday to continue deliberations toward an agreement on a bill that might keep the government running after funding runs out Saturday night. Sen. Ted Cruz, architect of a strategy that led to the last government shutdown, opposed the spending bill, calling the House-passed legislation a gift to lobbyists that does nothing to respond to President Obamas executive action on illegal immigration. Before the United States Senate is a bill that does nothing, absolutely nothing to stop President Obamas illegal and unconstitutional amnesty. Thats why I rise to speak here today, Cruz said Friday as Reid prepared to call it quits for the night. Reid had been negotiating with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell from afternoon into the evening to bring up a vote on the omnibus bill, keeping the governments doors open and allowing senators to go home with their biggest legislative need checked off the list.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 04:20:28 +0000