Amendments Likely on Short-Term Funding Bill

“The Senate cleared an initial hurdle to staving off a shutdown, advancing a stopgap spending patch by a 65-30 bipartisan vote. But the proverbial jet fumes of a recess have not yet worked at speeding things up ahead of the Friday deadline,” Politico reports.

“Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated GOP senators will insist on several amendment votes — and lawmakers are pushing for controversial ones on crack pipes and vaccine mandates.”