The end of the US government’s fiscal year on October 1 is fast approaching.  Without a temporary fix, referred to as a Continuing Resolution or CR, all non-essential areas of the government must shutdown.  The House and Senate were out on Monday in observance of Rosh Hashanah and return today.  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has scheduled a key test vote tonight. Here is a copy of the summary of the proposed CR issued by the House Committee on Appropriations. Obviously, at some point the House and Senate need to pass the identical bills. 

Tonight’s Senate vote will be on a procedural motion to move ahead with the CR that includes the amendment authored by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin to speed up the approval process for energy projects.  During debate on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), in order to get the key 50th vote for passage, Senator Schumer promised Senator Manchin a vote on his energy project approval reform proposal. Senator Manchin delivered on his part of the deal and provided the 50th vote for IRA approval, and now Senator Schumer is holding up his end of the bargain.

The problem is that a CR with the Manchin language doesn’t appear to have the votes to pass in either the House or the Senate.  Schumer’s plan...

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