Schumer Seeks Cloture on CR Amid Hopes of FCC Auction Authority Extension
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., filed for cloture Thursday on HR-6833 to be the legislative vehicle for a planned continuing resolution to extend federal appropriations past Sept. 30. Senate leaders hadn’t released CR text Thursday but may unveil it…
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Tuesday, the day the cloture motion on HR-6833 would ripen and allow the chamber to vote to proceed to considering the measure, lobbyists said. Lawmakers appeared to be getting close to an agreement to include language in the CR to extend the FCC’s spectrum auction authority through Dec. 16, a move intended to give lawmakers more time to negotiate a broader spectrum legislative package (see 2209210076).