Senate Enters End-Of-Year Crunch

November 30, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 29: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C) walks out of the Senate Chamber at the Capitol on November 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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November 30, 2021

Senators have returned from Thanksgiving recess to face an anxiety-inducing to-do list. It includes:

  • Funding the government past December 3, or risking a shutdown
  • Raising or suspending the debt ceiling by December 15, per the Treasury Department’s calculations
  • Passing the National Defense Authorization Act by the end of the year

That’s not to mention the reconciliation package, which senators are still trying to pass before Christmas. Oh, and they’re currently scheduled to be gone on holiday recess from December 13 through the end of the year. Seems…daunting.

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Senators have returned from Thanksgiving recess to face an anxiety-inducing to-do list. It includes:

  • Funding the government past December 3, or risking a shutdown
  • Raising or suspending the debt ceiling by December 15, per the Treasury Department’s calculations
  • Passing the National Defense Authorization Act by the end of the year

That’s not to mention the reconciliation package, which senators are still trying to pass before Christmas. Oh, and they’re currently scheduled to be gone on holiday recess from December 13 through the end of the year. Seems…daunting.

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  1. Avatar for jmacaz jmacaz says:

    Not all the Senators have any anxiety.

    The Republicans just wait for Mitch to tell them how to vote.

  2. Avatar for leeks leeks says:

    On a different topic. I see that Dr./ Admiral / Congressman Ronnie Jackson is drinking again. He may also be using some of those meds he used to give out to most anyone when he was practicing being a Dr.

  3. Avatar for ned ned says:

    As does Manchin.

  4. Joe Manchin doesn’t understand that the two reasons he’s giving for a pause cancel each other out. :rofl:

  5. Boris Manchin and Natasha Sinema will tank the BBB bill because that’s what Fearless Leader Koch demands.

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