The Senate is canceling its scheduled Monday night vote as the District of Columbia braces for a winter storm that will dump snow and ice on a significant swath of the country — with just days left for the chamber to avert a partial government shutdown.
Monday’s vote isn’t related to the looming Jan. 30 government funding cliff, and Wrasse added that “the importance of funding the remaining portions of the government by Friday remains the same.” But the scheduling change will give senators a truncated timeline for haggling out a deal in person to avoid a shutdown of multiple federal agencies at the end of next week.
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