Minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
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McConnell’s move came after the Senate was in limbo for nearly 12 hours on Friday as Democrats tried to work out a deal that could win all 50 members of their caucus.
“They want to start with the mood-a-rama that could have been done in daylight because of their own confusion and the challenge of bringing 50 people together to agree on something when they could have done it faster on a bipartisan basis, McConnell said. “So instead of starting the vote at five minutes to 11am, I’m going to postpone it until 10am”
But the Democrats were able to cut the effort. In addition to controlling the majority, because Vice President Harris can break a tie, the Republicans also fell short of a vote because Sen. And Sullivan
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The bid to scrap until Saturday comes after Democrats set a new record for the longest vote in modern Senate history when they cast a vote on Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Democrats left the vote open as they gathered behind closed doors to devise unemployment benefits that Sen. Joe Manchin
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Democrats announced that deal shortly before 8 p.m., but are still waiting for a Joint Tax Committee score.
Despite opposition from McConnell, the Senate majority leader Charles Schumer
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“Now that this agreement has been reached, we’re going to go through the rest of the process and finalize this bill,” he said. “Make no mistake: we will continue to work until we get the job done.”