Aug 10, 2026 · 32 min · 8 segments
The Senate left town for its August recess with much of its agenda put on ice, including a third budget reconciliation package. CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak and Aris Folley join host David Lerman to…
David LermanHost
Paul M. KrawzakGuest
Aris FolleyGuest
And that is the other question here is what is happening with the state of these overdue appropriations bills? There had been rumors that Senate Republicans would just release their partisan versions of those bills before they left town here.
They could still release partisan versions of their bills anytime they want to.
But it's also possible they hold back, right? Wait till they get back in town and see if there's any grounds for reaching a bipartisan spending deal.
But although it does seem to me very, very hard to imagine that a bipartisan deal is going to be possible before the elections.
I think that Democrats have made clear, quite a few of them in both chambers, that they want to wait until after midterm races to see what is the outcome.
Because the minority party, if they become the majority or if they're slated to become the majority in either of these chambers, are both.
But in either of these chambers, at least, it does help increase their leverage at the bargaining table later on in the year.
So there's definitely appetite amongst Democrats to hold off on striking a deal.
But there is still, of course, there are still some Democrats who... would be interested, right? Or at least have said that they're hopeful of having bipartisan conversations.
in terms of releasing a bipartisan deal in September when they're already going to be negotiating with the House, we know that there's been some House Republicans that, of course, were involved in this process, but we still have to see how the floor looks when it's time to vote on a rule for the CR.
Are there any changes that would need to be made? I mean, September, I think a big focus is just going to be handling the challenges ahead of them, which is going to be the September...
And that is the other question here is what is happening with the state of these overdue appropriations bills? There had been rumors that Senate Republicans would just release their partisan versions of those bills before they left town here.
They could still release partisan versions of their bills anytime they want to.
But it's also possible they hold back, right? Wait till they get back in town and see if there's any grounds for reaching a bipartisan spending deal.
But although it does seem to me very, very hard to imagine that a bipartisan deal is going to be possible before the elections.
I think that Democrats have made clear, quite a few of them in both chambers, that they want to wait until after midterm races to see what is the outcome.
Because the minority party, if they become the majority or if they're slated to become the majority in either of these chambers, are both.
But in either of these chambers, at least, it does help increase their leverage at the bargaining table later on in the year.
So there's definitely appetite amongst Democrats to hold off on striking a deal.
But there is still, of course, there are still some Democrats who... would be interested, right? Or at least have said that they're hopeful of having bipartisan conversations.
in terms of releasing a bipartisan deal in September when they're already going to be negotiating with the House, we know that there's been some House Republicans that, of course, were involved in this process, but we still have to see how the floor looks when it's time to vote on a rule for the CR.
Are there any changes that would need to be made? I mean, September, I think a big focus is just going to be handling the challenges ahead of them, which is going to be the September...
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