Senate leaders from both parties are expressing confidence the legislation will easily pass after it cleared its first hurdle with 73 'yes' votes in the Senate.
PUBLISHED 5:13 PM EDT Sep. 28, 2022Senate leaders from both parties are expressing confidence the legislation will easily pass after it cleared its first hurdle with 73 'yes' votes in the Senate.
“We’re going to work quickly ... Work fast to finish the process here in the Senate ... Send it over to the House, so they can send it to the president’s desk,” Schumer said. “To help hard-hit communities in Kentucky, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Alaska and Puerto Rico battered by floods, Schumer said.
“In my view, the money for Ukraine is critically important. So I think we’ve got this in the area where it should pass here in the next day or two,” Sen. Mitch McConnell, R- KY., and Minority Leader of the Senate said.