Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had a warning for his colleagues: You may have to work between Christmas and the New Year to accomplish all of our goals.
Those targets include spending measures to avoid a partial government shutdown. The Kentucky Republican’s to-do list also contains clear nods to President Donald Trump’s priorities.
“We need to confirm more of the president’s nominees for the judiciary and for the executive branch,” McConnell said Tuesday. He also surprised some by announcing that “at the request of the president and following improvements to the legislation,” the Senate would take up bipartisan criminal justice reform this month.
