Senate Adjourns For The Rest Of Year, Punts On Biden’s Legislative Agenda

The Senate adjourned its session for the rest of the year, putting a hold on President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

After a marathon overnight session where the Senate voted on 50 outstanding administrative and judicial nominees, the Senate adjourned early Saturday morning. The all night-session was part of a deal reached between Senate Democratic Leadership and Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz. Cruz had previously blocked a vote on many of the Biden administrations nominees until leadership put up legislation Cruz authored that would put sanctions on Russia over the Nord Stream 2…