Conservative senators are fuming over a mammoth government funding bill, raising questions about how soon the chamber will be able to vote on the measure.
The $1.3 trillion legislation passed the House early Thursday afternoon, sending it to the Senate less than 36 hours before funding is set to expire.
GOP leadership wants to pass the bill on Thursday, allowing lawmakers to leave as scheduled for a two-week recess.
But key holdouts are remaining mum on whether or not they'll allow for a quick vote.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the senator viewed as most likely to force a brief partial closure, has yet to announce his plans despite constant peppering by reporters.
"Well, here it is, all 2,232 budget-busting pages. The House already started votes on it. The Senate is expected to soon. No one has read it. Congress is broken," Paul tweeted on Thursday, along with a photo of himself looking unamused as he held the omnibus.
FYI- The 2200+ page, budget-busting Omnibus has been printing for two hours in my office and still isn’t done.
Well here it is, all 2,232 budget-busting pages. The House already started votes on it. The Senate is expected to soon. No one has read it. Congress is broken... pic.twitter.com/izvJlUEgUM
"If I had to guess I would guess it would be before we leave today, though I don't know what that means. ... It could be two in the morning; it could be 8 p.m.," Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said.
But Blunt added he didn't know if Paul would let them speed up the votes, adding "hopefully he had time to make the point he wanted to make three weeks ago."
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added that the Senate could vote on Thursday but noted any senator could block that.
Fiscal hawks have balked over the funding bill and blasted leadership for giving them only a matter of days to digest the legislation before bringing it up for a vote.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who will oppose the funding bill, described himself as "discouraged" and chided his colleagues over a "lack of responsibility."
"This is one of the most grotesque pieces of legislation I can remember," he said.
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