Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that the chamber will vote this week on a continuing resolution to keep the federal government operating for another seven weeks that has been passed by the House despite "partisan" challenges by Democrats.
"Republicans regret that our Democratic colleagues have chosen to back away from the agreement we all reached just last month to ensure a smooth, bipartisan funding process," McConnell said on the Senate floor.
"We regret that Democrats chose to block funding for the national defense, including a pay raise for our men and women in uniform, in order to pick a partisan fight with the White House.
"But for the sake of the country," the majority leader continued, "our near-term priority is passing a temporary continuing resolution so the government can stay open while work continues."
The House passed a seven-week funding bill last week, which would avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, when the new federal fiscal year begins.
The resolution would finance federal agencies at 2019 levels through Nov. 21, just before Thanksgiving, allowing legislators more time to reach agreement on several full-year appropriations bills.
But Democrats have bickered over subcommittee funding, abortion policy, and money for President Donald Trump's wall on the southern U.S. border to stop illegal immigration.
Trump is expected to sign the stopgap bill once it is passed by the Senate, a top White House official told Roll Call on Monday.
"I hope that the cooperation that's surrounded this [continuing resolution] can carry over and that we can get the appropriations process back on track," McConnell said Tuesday.
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