
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that Democrats would reject a government funding bill that Republicans wrote and passed through the House.

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I hope Senate Democrats understand there is nothing clever about setting up a fake failed 30 day CR first to turn around & vote for cloture on the GOP spending bill.

The robbing of our federal government in order to finance tax cuts for billionaires, is what is happening.

You run the government. If you have the votes, then go ahead. If you need Democrats, then you need to negotiate with Democrats. Those are your two options.

Senate Democrats should not allow this chaos to continue.

House Democrats have stayed in D.C. to pass a 30-day clean government funding extension.

We are here to avert a shutdown and give Republicans the time they need to negotiate a bipartisan agreement.

I'm here in D.C. ready to vote on a clean CR, and so is everyone else. Let's do it.

Those games won't fool anyone. It won't trick voters, it won't trick House members. People will not forget it.

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What voting for the CR does is that it codifies the chaos and the reckless cuts that Elon Musk has been pursuing.

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"For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option," the New York Democrat said, calling the bill "deeply partisan" and urging that "it doesn't address far too many of this country's needs." "But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take…

funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path drafting their continuing resolution without any input--any input--from congressional Democrats. Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes…

A government shutdown would give more power to Trump.