{"id":2054817,"date":"2023-10-04T06:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-balk-at-schumer-wasting-time-before-new-shutdown-threat\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T06:04:46","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T10:04:46","slug":"senate-republicans-balk-at-schumer-wasting-time-before-new-shutdown-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-balk-at-schumer-wasting-time-before-new-shutdown-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Republicans oppose Schumer&#8217;s delay tactics amid new shutdown threat."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-republicans-balk-at-schumer-wasting-time-before-new-shutdown-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2054817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Senate Republicans Criticize Schumer for Delaying Must-Pass Appropriations Bills<\/h2>\n<p>Senate Republicans are voicing their frustration \u200dwith Senate Majority \u200dLeader Chuck Schumer\u200c (D-NY) \u200cfor not prioritizing\u2062 the \u200cmust-pass appropriations \u2064bills in the next two \u200dweeks, as\u2063 the deadline to avoid a government shutdown \u200clooms. This delay in floor time has raised concerns among Republicans, who are eager to see progress on these crucial bills.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate&#8217;s workweek \u2064has been shortened to just Tuesday\u200c and Wednesday\u2062 due to the cancellation of Thursday&#8217;s\u200b votes, allowing members to attend the funeral of the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein in California. The votes\u200c scheduled for these two session days are focused on advancing President\u200c Joe Biden&#8217;s nominations.<\/p>\n<p>After an extended workweek, where \u2062senators were required to stay in Washington \u200dthrough late Saturday\u2064 evening, Congress managed to temporarily \u200cavert a government shutdown by passing a 45-day continuing resolution. However, both the House \u200dand Senate now have until\u200c November 17 \u200cto \u2063pass their \u2062respective appropriations bills and send\u200c them\u2062 to the conference committee for \u2062further deliberation.<\/p>\n<p>Leading Republicans,\u2063 including Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), have\u2063 expressed their disappointment with Schumer&#8217;s Senate schedule. \u2063They are urging him to \u2064prioritize the appropriations bills and ensure \u2062that \u2062the Senate dedicates \u200dsufficient \u200btime to address them.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cornyn stated,\u200b &#8220;The best I can tell\u2064 is probably for the next two\u200c weeks, the Senate\u2063 won&#8217;t be making any progress. So \u2064unfortunately, we\u200c may find ourselves back where\u200d we found ourselves this weekend in\u2062 45 days. Sen. Schumer seems disinterested in making any progress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Collins, the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, expressed surprise at the decision to focus on non-urgent \u2064nominations instead of the appropriations bills. She emphasized the importance of working diligently to pass these bills and called on Schumer \u2064to prioritize them.<\/p>\n<p>Senate GOP Conference \u2064Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) criticized Schumer for not putting any of the appropriations bills on the floor this week, stating that it\u200d slows down their\u2064 critical\u2062 work in holding the Biden\u2064 administration accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Even\u200d Democrats on the Appropriations Committee are urging Schumer to\u2062 schedule\u2064 floor votes on the bills, as they have already been \u200cpassed by the committee with bipartisan\u200c support. Sen. \u2062Chris Coons (D-DE) \u200cexpressed his hope to see the bills on \u200dthe \u200dfloor, emphasizing their broad support within the committee.<\/p>\n<p>While Schumer did not respond \u2062to \u2062the \u2063criticism\u200d when asked by \u2062the Washington Examiner, it is clear that both Republicans and Democrats are eager to see progress on the appropriations bills. The fate of these bills \u2062and\u2062 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-balk-at-schumer-wasting-time-before-new-shutdown-threat\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans oppose Schumer's delay tactics amid new shutdown threat.\">potential\u200b government shutdown hang<\/a>\u200b in the balance.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>When Congress \u2064decides to pass a \u200bcontinuing resolution instead of a federal budget what are they actually doing?<\/h2>\n<p><span>If Congress has not enacted the \u200cregular\u2063 appropriations bills by the \u200ctime, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-disturbing-findings-from-planned-parenthoods-annual-report\/\" title=\"5 Disturbing Findings from Planned Parenthood\u2019s Annual Report\">previous fiscal year<\/a> (or with \u2062minor modifications) for a set \u2063amount of time. Nment shutdown by passing a\u2064 Continuing Resolution (CR) on September 30th. However, this CR only \u200cprovides \u2062funding \u200bthrough December 3rd, meaning that Congress must \u200dpass appropriations bills or \u200canother CR before \u200bthat date to avoid a\u200b government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans argue that Schumer&#8217;s decision to \u200dprioritize\u2063 Biden&#8217;s nominations over the appropriations bills is a significant concern. They \u2064believe it is essential to focus on funding the government and meeting the needs of the American people rather than advancing nominations, especially\u200b when the deadline is fast approaching.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer&#8217;s decision to shorten the workweek further exacerbates Republicans&#8217; concerns. By\u2063 canceling Thursday&#8217;s votes, the Senate has \u200ceven less time to address the crucial appropriations bills. \u2062This delay \u200din floor\u2064 time reduces the opportunity\u2062 for meaningful debate, amendments, and negotiation,\u200c hindering the progress\u200b on these\u2062 vital pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats argue that prioritizing nominations \u2064is \u2062warranted, given the need\u200d to fill important positions within\u200b the Biden administration. They believe that getting the right people\u200c in place to carry out the president&#8217;s agenda is \u200bessential for the effective functioning\u200c of the government.\u200c Additionally, Democrats argue that \u2064there is still \u2062time\u200d to\u200d address the appropriations bills before the deadline and that it is not necessary to panic or rush the process.<\/p>\n<p>However, Republicans remain \u2064concerned that the timeline is\u200d rapidly shrinking, and Democrats do not seem to be prioritizing it. They argue that\u200d the appropriations bills should\u2062 be given immediate attention and\u200b that the Senate should devote more time to these critical pieces of legislation.<\/p>\n<p>This \u2064criticism from Senate Republicans raises questions about the Senate&#8217;s ability to fulfill one of its\u2062 most fundamental responsibilities: funding the government. Failure to pass appropriations\u200d bills or another CR by\u2062 December 3rd \u200bwould result in a government shutdown, \u2063disrupting essential services and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-gas-stations-add-extra-digit-in-anticipation-of-10-gas\/\" title=\"Washington Gas Stations Add Extra Digit in Anticipation of  Gas\">negatively impacting millions<\/a> of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for Senate Majority Leader Schumer to address these concerns raised by Senate\u2062 Republicans promptly. By prioritizing the must-pass appropriations bills and allocating more floor \u200btime for their consideration, Schumer \u200ccan demonstrate a commitment to the smooth functioning of the government and bipartisan cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>While it is understandable \u2062that Democrats want to \u2063advance President Biden&#8217;s nominations, the \u200curgency of passing appropriations bills cannot be ignored. Both parties must work together to ensure that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/agriculture-appropriations-bill-punted-to-september-as-centrists-and-conservatives-revolt\/\" title=\"Centrists and conservatives revolt, pushing agriculture appropriations bill to September.\">government \u200bremains funded<\/a>, and the needs of the American people are met.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u2063 coming weeks, it will \u2064become clear whether Schumer and Senate Democrats heed these criticisms and \u2062take \u2064decisive action to prioritize the appropriations bills or continue \u200bto focus on \u2064nominations. The stakes \u2062are high, and the American people are looking to their \u2062elected officials to put aside political differences and work in the \u2063best interest of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Republicans are slamming Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for not allocating floor time to the crucial appropriations bills in the upcoming two weeks. With the government shutdown deadline looming, they express concern. This week, the Senate is only in session on Tuesday and Wednesday, as Thursday&#8217;s votes were canceled to allow members to travel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2054818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2054817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2054817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2054818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}