As House adjourns, Senate delays holiday recess to work on immigration deal – By Sahil Kapur (NBC News) / Dec 14, 2023
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told colleagues the Senate will be back in session Monday.
WASHINGTON — As the House adjourned Thursday for Christmas recess with plans to return in the new year, the Senate decided to delay its holiday break and return next week to hammer out a deal on immigration and aid to Ukraine and Israel.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that shift on the floor Thursday afternoon, one day after immigration negotiators expressed some signs of optimism in reaching a deal.
“Over the last few days, negotiations on a path forward to getting the national security supplemental done have made good progress. As I have said, if we believe something is important and urgent we should stay and get the job done,” Schumer said. “That is certainly the case with the supplemental. It is important. It is urgent.”
“So for the information of all senators, after we finish today, the Senate will return on Monday,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said. “That will give negotiators from the White House, Senate Democrats, and Senate Republicans a time to work through the weekend in an effort to reach a framework agreement.”
