FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reacts as he arrives to deliver remarks to reporters after their weekly party caucus luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 17, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Senate passage of a government funding bill until Feb. 16, and panned the idea of a shorter-term extension of four or five days that had been suggested as an alternative by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
"These incredibly short-term extensions would not even give us enough time to actually write the legislation the Democratic leader is demanding," McConnell, a Republican, said, in an apparent reference to a bipartisan proposal on immigration. "One extremely short term CR (continuing resolution) would lead to another and another."
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