Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday that Democrats
have agreed to nix the International Monetary Fund provision in a
Ukraine aid package, in what amounts to a victory for House Republican
leaders and Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and a defeat for the White House.
The Nevada Democrat told reporters Tuesday that he would like to move the bill quickly — perhaps today.
Earlier, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., conceded that removing the IMF provisions was the likely outcome.
“The House Republican leadership is intransigent about IMF, despite the fact, that IMF, I think, is very important,” Menendez said Tuesday. “And if that’s the case, and there is no pathway forward, then you know we may very well strip it out.”
Ranking member Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said the Ukraine measure could pass the Senate Tuesday afternoon.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/democrats-weighing-dropping-imf-provision-from-ukraine-bill/
The Nevada Democrat told reporters Tuesday that he would like to move the bill quickly — perhaps today.
Earlier, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Robert Menendez, D-N.J., conceded that removing the IMF provisions was the likely outcome.
“The House Republican leadership is intransigent about IMF, despite the fact, that IMF, I think, is very important,” Menendez said Tuesday. “And if that’s the case, and there is no pathway forward, then you know we may very well strip it out.”
Ranking member Bob Corker, R-Tenn., said the Ukraine measure could pass the Senate Tuesday afternoon.
http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/democrats-weighing-dropping-imf-provision-from-ukraine-bill/
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