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Mr. SCHUMER. 815 occur at a time to be determined by the majority leader in consultation with the Republican leader, but no later than Saturday, November 18; further, that if the cloture vote does not occur under this order, the cloture motion be withdrawn.

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Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, now a few moments ago, I asked for consent that the Senate delay today's cloture vote and allow for it to be rescheduled to a time to be determined later this week.

We are pausing on our plans to move forward on a Senate vehicle to allow the House to move first with their proposal.

I have said since the very beginning that bipartisanship is the only way to avoid a government shutdown; and for that reason, I am heartened that the bill Speaker Johnson is advancing omits the sort of devastating cuts that are nonstarters for Democrats.

The Speaker's proposal is far from perfect, but the most important thing is that it refrains from making steep cuts while avoiding a costly government shutdown--two things we very much believe in and need.

I hope the Speaker continues to acknowledge that he will need Democratic votes in both chambers if he wants to avoid a government shutdown. He needs to stay away from poison pills and steep, hard-right cuts to make that happen. Bipartisanship is the only way to get this done.

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