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Senate Passes December Continuing Resolution Bill

Senate Passes December Continuing Resolution Bill
Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The Senate has passed a House amendment to extend the current continuing resolution to Dec. 20, voting the day the current CR was scheduled to expire. The bill was passed by a vote of 74-20, with all of the votes against it coming from Republicans. Nine GOP members of the Senate Armed Services Committee voted against the bill, including Chairman Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), as well as Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.),…

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