Congress
GOP leaders consider Senate jam plan after House CR vote
House Republican leaders are discussing a plan to pass a seven-week stopgap funding measure Friday then not bring the House back into session until after the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline, according to three people granted anonymity to describe the talks.
No final decision has been made on House scheduling, the people said, but the move would allow the House to “jam” the Senate, giving it no alternative to avoid a shutdown than to pass the GOP-written measure. Democrats there are pushing for a vote on an alternative measure that adds on the minority’s policy priorities.
The Senate, meanwhile, is on track to vote on the House-passed continuing resolution no earlier than next Thursday, with Majority Leader John Thune saying there is “not much sentiment” for allowing votes Friday on the dueling Republican and Democrat stopgaps.