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hoped to finish on amendments and pass the bill late last night. didn't work out that way. eat's bring in ryan nobles, nbc capitol hill correspondent. ryan, do senate leaders have a path forward here? >> reporter: things are a little precarious. they do not have a deal yet, and the holdup right now comes in the form of requests from senator mike lee of utah for an up-or-down vote on extending title 42, which is of course a very contentious issue here on capitol hill. and lee seems pretty willing to kind of play chicken with this omnibus bill and hold out until he get what is he wants, which is a vote that could likely pass if it were just a simple up ordown majority. but the problem with that, joe, is if it were to pass the senate and then go to the house, it has the potential of blowing up the sbirp omnibus bill because there are not enough votes in the house in order to pass the bill with that title 42 amendment