Senate Republicans losing patience with Johnson as shutdown nears
Source: The Hill
09/17/24 6:00 AM ET
Republican senators are fast losing patience with Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) inability to muster the votes to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September, and are warning they will take matters into their own hands if the House fails to act by Thursday.
GOP senators fear Congress may stumble into a shutdown if Johnson can’t get a short-term funding measure passed by the end of the week and are ready to work with Senate Democrats to stave off a potential disaster before Election Day.
Unless there’s a breakthrough in the House over the next two days, the Senate is expected to move first by advancing a bill without any controversial policy riders that would fund the government until mid-December.
“It’s becoming a mess. Especially our military — they’re suffering. Even if you do a [continuing resolution], you know they don’t get the money they’d normally get. This whole thing’s a debacle,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said of the stalled funding process.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4883059-senate-republicans-losing-patience-with-johnson-as-shutdown-nears/
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That's the "typical" timeframe to jam them up right before the winter holidays AND before the official end of that Congressional session.
It's designed to light the fire under their buns to get 'er done. They have been doing it that way for decades. 
