Sen. Schumer Announces Plans To Advance Bill To Avoid Govt Shut Down Amid Lack Of Progress In The House

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 19: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on "Project 2025" at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. Schumer held the news conference alongside other Senate Democrats who spoke on different facets of the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025.  (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference on “Project 2025” at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 19, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OAN Staff Frank Lara-Risco
1:05 PM – Thursday, September 19, 2024

The Senate is moving forward with plans to pass its own continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.

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On Thursday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced that he will file cloture on a bipartisan continuing resolution so that the Senate can take action in the event Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) does not come up with a passable proposal.

The Democrat’s move will allow for procedural votes to begin as early as Monday.

Senators on both sides of the aisle are pushing for a clean stopgap which would not include the Save Act, like the bill that failed in the House did.

Schumer also contended that filing cloture will give the upper chamber “maximum flexibility” to prevent a shutdown before the October 1st deadline.

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