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On the recordJuly 10, 2025
[I]t is absurd for [Republicans] to expect Democrats to act as business as usual and engage in a bipartisan appropriations process to fund the government, while they concurrently plot to pass a purely partisan rescissions bill to defund those same programs negotiated on a bipartisan basis behind the scenes.
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Chuck Schumer
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Schumer criticizes Republicans for attempting to pass a partisan rescissions bill while expecting bipartisan cooperation.

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