get ready for more debt

Posted on: July 31, 2019 at 12:46:39 CT

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Senate lawmakers to pass a massive federal spending and borrowing deal as Republicans registered their opposition to the measure.

“I am confident it is not exactly the legislation that either side of the aisle would have written if one party held the White House, the House, and had 60 votes in the Senate,” McConnell said Wednesday morning. "That’s divided government. But I am equally confident that this is a deal that every one of my colleagues should support when we vote on it in the near future."

President Trump is urging lawmakers to back the deal and has phoned Senate Republicans to convince them to vote “yes.” Lawmakers are likely to vote on the measure Thursday, when Democrats participating in the presidential debate in Detroit return to the Capitol. It’s expected to pass, thanks to hefty support from Democrats. The vote could also occur as early as Wednesday because lawmakers are eager to leave town for the August recess.