Roll Call, December 13, 2013, 11:59 am
One
all-nighter was not enough, but two
will suffice.
The Senate’s
leaders have reached an agreement that will bring to an end days of
round-the-clock sessions following a series of noon votes.
“This
schedule’s been extremely difficult for everyone,” Majority Leader Harry Reid,
D-Nev., said in announcing the deal, which essentially allows votes that would
have taken place late Friday and Saturday to instead occur at the usual hour of
5:30 p.m. on Monday.
Reid said he
spoke with his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky
“On Tuesday,
we’ll begin consideration of the budget.
On Wednesday, the defense bill. After that, we’ll address further nominations …
the most important one is Janet Yellen to be on the Federal Reserve,” Reid
said. “The others, I will work with Sen. McConnell. We’ll file on a number of
them, see how many we can get done.”
The Senate’s
next session will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, but it should be a sparsely attended
because Reid has announced there will be no votes.
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