Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, moved to suspend Senate rules on Monday to overcome Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) objection to combining the three appropriations bills last week.
The Senate is expected to vote later this week on a measure to suspend Rule 16, which will require the unanimous consent of 67 senators in order to pass. An alternative vote will also be required to consider amendments to the minibus, which would combine three appropriations bills, transportation and housing, agriculture and military construction, and Veterans Affairs.
Last week, Johnson demanded the Senate take up each appropriations bill one by one, which has held up the process, emphasizing that combining the bills could weaken the influence conservatives could have over the spending bills. “I place at least half of that blame to Sen. Schumer because we didn’t have to wait 80 days after the first appropriations bill was passed out of the Appropriations Committee on a bipartisan basis to start this. That seems very contrived,” Cornyn said.
“It’s going to be a big issue within our caucus because everybody wants regular order. This is getting back to regular order,” Grassley said, speaking to the Washington Examiner. “This is an issue for the people that are probably complaining about it. If they aren’t on the Appropriations Committee, they now have a chance to participate in the appropriations process by amendment by debate. You never get that when you have an omnibus appropriation bill.
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