Completing Unfinished Business in August
August 28, 2018
‘The Senate has now passed regular appropriations measures that account for 87% of next fiscal year’s discretionary spending. We finalized our work on the National Defense Authorization Act, named for Senator McCain. And in August alone, we’ve confirmed eight more of the president’s well-qualified nominees for the federal courts… I hope we can continue to make progress. It remains my intention to confirm all 17 of the nominees currently before us before the Senate concludes our business this week.’
