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Funding bill at the top of the agenda as House returns from recess
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The president's party nearly always loses seats in the midterms, particularly with a president this unpopular in the White House, and they really only have a tiny slice of seats to spare in order to hold on to their majority.
When asked about the potential change in schedule, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , D-N.Y., said: “We’re focused on doing the business of the American people at all times. It said the stopgap would prevent, quote, "another dangerous shutdown that harms hard-working families and forces federal employees to go without pay," end quote.
It will come up under “suspension of the rules,” meaning it’ll be fast-tracked to the floor and require a two-thirds majority. “He’s been getting thrashed,” a GOP operative working to preserve the party’s Senate majority said of Husted.
It also said that the president opposes another, quote, "futile government shutdown.
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- It will come up under “suspension of the rules,” meaning it’ll be fast-tracked to the floor and require a two-thirds majority.
- When asked about the potential change in schedule, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , D-N.Y., said: “We’re focused on doing the business of the American people at all times.
- “He’s been getting thrashed,” a GOP operative working to preserve the party’s Senate majority said of Husted.
- It said the stopgap would prevent, quote, "another dangerous shutdown that harms hard-working families and forces federal employees to go without pay," end quote.
- It also said that the president opposes another, quote, "futile government shutdown.
- The president's party nearly always loses seats in the midterms, particularly with a president this unpopular in the White House, and they really only have a tiny slice of seats to spare in order to hold on to their…