The Senate plans to start debating next week a defense supplemental combined with immigration policy changes, but the measure’s path ahead is still littered with stumbling blocks.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said the text will be released as early as Friday and no later than Sunday. He said he will file cloture on the motion to proceed to the supplemental bill on Feb. 5, setting up the first procedural vote no later than Feb. 7.
Plenty of Senate Republicans may resist cutting the debate short, as many of them want more time to air their concerns and to offer and discuss amendments.
