U.S. Senate postpones Monday votes ahead of govt funding deadline

The U.S. Senate canceled votes originally scheduled for Monday due to inclement weather, shortening the timeframe for legislators to pass necessary funding bills to avoid a government shutdown.

Ryan Wrasse, a representative from Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s office, said votes would be postponed to Tuesday evening in anticipation of “impending weather.”

The National Weather Service has called for heavy snow in Washington, D.C. over the weekend, combined with threats of ice accumulation.

“The importance of funding the remaining portions of the government by Friday remains the same,” Wrasse wrote in a post on social media.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $1.2 trillion government funding package on Thursday. The four bills included in Friday’s package leave a total of six pieces of legislation the Senate must approve to avoid a Jan. 30 government shutdown.

At least seven Democr...