Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blamed “Democratic obstructionism” for blocking his three attempts to bring up a House-passed billthat attached several controversial amendments to block the President’s executive action on immigrationand said it was up to the House to figure out the next step.
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“I can just tell you I think it’s clearly stuck in the Senate. We can’t get on it, we can’t offer amendments to it. And the next step is obviously up to the House,” McConnell said Tuesday.
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“That’s always a possibility around here,’ he said.
Both the House and Senate are scheduled to leave on Friday for a one week recess, so that leaves just four days left when the two chambers will be in session to pass something before the agency is forced to furlough some of its workers.
