Lankford says Senate GOP ‘will keep going’ if it can’t pass three legislative priorities before recess
GOP Sen. James Lankford (Okla.) is among the chorus of Republican senators arguing for the upper chamber to delay its planned recess starting at the end of this week if lawmakers cannot pass the party’s top priorities, including voter ID legislation. While appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Lankford outlined the Senate Republican Conference’s three priorities…
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James Lankford (Okla.) is among the chorus of Republican senators arguing for the upper chamber to delay its planned recess starting at the end of this week if lawmakers cannot pass the party’s top priorities, including voter ID legislation.
While appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” Lankford outlined the Senate Republican Conference’s three priorities this upcoming week: passing a continuing resolution to fund the government once the fiscal year ends on Sept.
30, confirming more than 70 of President Trump’s judicial nominees and jamming through a $95 billion reconciliation package that includes election-related reforms in the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act.
“It’s a lot this week,” he told host Shannon Bream. “If we don’t get it done this week, we’ll keep going until we do get it done.”
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