Winter storm cuts into Senate work week
A massive winter storm barreling down on the East Coast is scuttling the Senate’s already brief work week.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Wednesday evening that the upper chamber wouldn’t have any additional votes this week.
“For the information of all senators, there will be no further roll call votes during this week’s session of the Senate,” he said. {mosads}
The Senate is still expected to convene on Thursday at 11 a.m., though with no votes, senators from states impacted by the burst of winter weather could leave Washington early.
Senators were already in town for an abbreviated work week, returning to Washington from the winter holiday at noon on Wednesday. They held a roll call vote on a defense nominee for President Trump on Wednesday evening.
Twelve senators missed the vote, including GOP Sens. Tim Scott (S.C.) and David Perdue (Ga.), whose states are currently seeing snow.
The winter weather comes as lawmakers face a myriad of looming deadlines. They have roughly two weeks to prevent a government shutdown and automatic across-the-board spending cuts.
Congressional leadership met with Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s budget chief, and Marc Short, the director of legislative affairs, on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
The Senate’s next roll call vote will be on Monday. The House is also expected to return to Washington Monday.
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