Sen. James E. Risch (R-Idaho) listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on June 8, 2017. Among them: changing the bill would require a House vote, as well — many hours after the House passed the bill and members left Washington for a two-week recess. Risch would not comment outside the Senate chamber early Friday morning: “What part of ‘No’ don’t you understand?” he said. The Senate passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill with a 65-32 vote in the early hours of March 23. Risch later followed McConnell, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Tex.)

Source: Washington Post March 23, 2018 05:48 UTC