The Senate adjourned Saturday hours after the government partially shut down as a result of lawmakers’ failure to reach a deal to fund the government,…
The Senate adjourned Saturday hours after the government partially shut down as a result of lawmakers’ failure to reach a deal to fund the government, and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced it would return in a pro forma as opposed to legislative session on Christmas Eve.
“We’re going to come back in pro forma only on Christmas Eve and then another pro forma the 27th,” McConnell told reporters Saturday afternoon after leaving the floor. “And if an agreement is reached, then we’ll come back and pass it.” (RELATED: The Government Is Officially In Partial Shutdown — This Is What You Can Expect)
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, walks to his office at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, December 21,2018.
