Lawmakers’ hopes to pass a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown could be dashed by Senate supporters of the Miners Protection Act.
The 114th Congress is expected to come to close this Friday. Before anyone can go home for the holidays, both chambers will have to pass a temporary budget measure that will keep all agencies of the government funded through next April.
But several leading voices in the Senate have said they will hold up passage of the temporary budget measure if the Miners Protection Act of 2016 is not included in the resolution, or allowed a full vote on its own.
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