Senate conservatives are trying to tighten the screws on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other GOP colleagues in hopes of blocking a year-end omnibus spending bill, threatening to drag out the floor debate right up until Christmas if necessary.
The new push from conservatives to instead pass a stop-gap spending bill freezing federal spending levels until next year, when Republicans will control the House, comes the day after Republican candidate Herschel Walker lost in the Georgia Senate runoff. The Hill
Conservatives ramp up pressure on McConnell to block spending bill https://t.co/HlSnp8ecQR pic.twitter.com/PSsn7xpzaf
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Just last week, Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell caved to outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to allow the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to include the highly controversial media cartel bill the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA). This would give huge names in the mainstream media power over what gets reported.
