Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., said she spoke with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., twice this week as the government shutdown hits 30 days.
Britt, who chairs the Appropriations subcommittee on Homeland Security, said she spoke to the minority leader “to lay the foundation for us to be able to do our appropriations work.”
The Alabama senator had previously met with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., about appropriators’ push to move the three-bill funding minibus alongside a new stopgap through mid-December, Politico reported.
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