Senate Republicans are rushing to beat Friday’s deadline to pass a roughly $9 billion rescission bill. Democrats may not be able to do much about it.
When the Senate started its vote-a-rama Wednesday afternoon for the rescission bill, staff were internally referring to the vote series by a different name: a mini-rama.
One of the greatest hopes for Democrats looking to run out the clock on the rescission legislation, which must be passed by both chambers and signed into law before midnight on Friday, was a prolonged vote-a-rama. If Democrats could force votes on hundreds of amendments, they could potentially slow down the bill enough that the package’s 45-day deadline would expire.