Mitch McConnell may hold the Senate open between the holidays to pass ... spending and prison reform

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday that the Senate will take up the First Step Act prison reform legislation in the final weeks of the lame-duck session of Congress. McConnell also suggested the Senate might work between the Christmas and New Year's holidays to finish the agenda, NBC News' Frank Thorp reports.

A lot of news from McConnell on the Senate floor this morning:

1) He’ll bring up criminal justice reform as early as the end of this week.

2) And “members should now be prepared to work between Christmas and New Year’s if necessary in order to complete our work” ❌🎄

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) December 11, 2018

McConnell lists the things they need to finish before they leave for the year:

1) Govt funding

2) Noms

3) Criminal Justice Reform

4) Yemen resolution

5) Farm Bill

That’ll take some agreements to move faster than the Senate normal moves. pic.twitter.com/G2JEtnDlNX

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) December 11, 2018

And so these are the last acts of unified Republican government. Which of these did Republicans campaign for?

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