
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Dec. 19 that he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) are trying to reach an agreement to prevent the government from shutting down when the current continuing resolution (CR) that funds federal operations expires in a few days.“Those conversations, I think, will speed up after the tax [reform] bill clears” the Senate late Dec. 19, McConnell told reporters on Capitol Hill. “We’ll have more to say about what that will look like…