Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer took the first preliminary step Thursday toward considering stopgap funding legislation needed by the end of next week to avoid a partial government shutdown.
Schumer teed up a legislative vehicle to swap in the contents of a stopgap bill that’s still being worked on, filing cloture on a motion to proceed to unrelated House-passed legislation to cap monthly insulin copays.
The House is ready to move straight to stopgap funding bill consideration next week under “same-day rule” authority once it comes over from the Senate, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
