Schumer Will Keep Senate in Session ‘Until the Job Is Done’ on Debt Ceiling

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 7, 2023. Alex Wong/Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) vowed on June 1 to keep the upper chamber in session so that debt ceiling legislation can be approved “as soon as possible.”

“We will keep working until the job is done,” Schumer told senators. “Time is a luxury the Senate does not have.”