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In its final week before the month-long August recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination to the full Senate, while senators separately advanced a bipartisan stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through December 11 and avert a pre-midterm shutdown.
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To make revisions in title 51, United States Code, as necessary to keep the title current, and to make technical amendments to improve the United States Code.
Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act
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In its final week before the month-long August recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination to the full Senate, while senators separately advanced a bipartisan stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded through December 11 and avert a pre-midterm shutdown.
The Senate on Aug. 3 voted 89-4 to begin debate on a bipartisan continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through Dec. 11, aiming to avert a shutdown when current funding expires Sept. 30. The House has already left for its August recess, so the two chambers must still reconcile competing versions before the deadline.
With the House already out until Aug. 31, the Senate reconvenes Monday afternoon for a single scheduled vote — a cloture motion on the vehicle for a stopgap government funding bill (H.R. 6500) — kicking off what is likely its last working week before a five-week break. The weekend was quiet on Capitol Hill, but the past week produced major action on Russia sanctions and a party-line intelligence confirmation.
With the House gone for its August recess until Aug. 31, attention is on the Senate, which returns Monday evening for a cloture vote to begin debate on a stopgap spending bill aimed at averting another government shutdown before the Sept. 30 funding deadline.
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