[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 181 (Monday, December 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S8624]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 OMNIBUS AND TAX EXTENDERS NEGOTIATIONS

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I want to underscore what the Republican 
leader has said: Everyone is working hard toward a bipartisan 
compromise in the omnibus and the so-called tax extenders legislation. 
Many of us in the Senate and the House and our staffs worked through 
the weekend and have made a lot of progress. We are not there yet.
  Keeping the Federal Government open and funded is a congressional 
responsibility. I am confident we will fulfill this most basic 
constitutional duty. It is just a question of when we do it. I hope it 
is sooner rather than later.

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