We are here to avert a shutdown and give Republicans the time they need to negotiate a bipartisan agreement.
Those games won't fool anyone. It won't trick voters, it won't trick House members. People will not forget it.
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 ...
Raúl Grijalva stood as one of the biggest champions for working people in all of Congress.
I'm here in D.C. ready to vote on a clean CR, and so is everyone else. Let's do it.
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 yo...
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.
If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too.
If the federal government can disappear a legal U.S. permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear U.S. citizens too...
Anyone who lets this stuff be an excuse to hide from the public and stop doing town halls is not cut out for the job.