Chuck Schumer: “It is a very good thing that today the Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle to pass the national security…”

“It is a very good thing that today the Senate cleared the first procedural hurdle to pass the national security supplemental. For the information of Senators, the Senate will convene tomorrow at 12 noon to resume postcloture debate on the motion to proceed. If no agreement is reached, the Senate will vote on the motion to proceed at approximately 7 p.m. tomorrow evening. As I said this morning, we still hope to reach an agreement with our Republican colleagues on amendments. Democrats have always been clear that we support having a fair and reasonable amendment process. Nevertheless, the Senate will keep working on this bill until the job is done. ____________________”