Senate rush for a quick recess hinges on SAVE Act amid jammed agenda
TL;DR
Senate Republicans are stuck in a jam of funding bills, Russia sanctions, and dozens of nominations as they push for a quick five-week recess, hoping a vote on the Trump-backed SAVE America Act can unlock the exit; but major obstacles remain, including intra-party wrangling, hemp language disputes, and the politics of a 60-vote threshold on the bill.
- Senate’s summer pileup is threatening a quick recess escape Politico
- Senate GOP scrambles for August exit strategy that doesn’t anger Trump thehill.com
- Lankford says Senate GOP ‘will keep going’ if it can’t pass 3 legislative priorities before recess Yahoo
- Senate faces long to-do list and little time before recess pbs.org
- The Senate GOP’s pre-recess rush Punchbowl News
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