
GOP senators pledge to block any non-spending-related bills Schumer brings to the floor ahead of next deadline
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GOP lawmakers want Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring appropriations bills to the floor for negotiations ahead of the November 17 deadline when the current spending patch expires.
The senators fear that if the spending legislation gets put on the back burner behind other bills, Democrats in the upper chamber will try to jam through another omnibus spending package. Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"Today, despite being past the September 30th deadline, with the Senate Appropriations Committee having already passed each of the 12 bills for our chamber, we have the best opportunity in decades to complete our work," Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said in the letter.
Senate Whip John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso of Wyoming, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, GOP Conference Vice Chairwoman Shelley Moore-Capito of West Virginia, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., also signed the letter, among others.