Chuck Schumer: “let's get to the issue at hand. Government funding expires at midnight tomorrow and still the House Republican majority…”

“let's get to the issue at hand. Government funding expires at midnight tomorrow and still the House Republican majority is moving forward with a continuing resolution that is very likely to be unacceptable to the Senate and may well be unacceptable to House Republicans. The CR prepared by the Speaker is not an honest attempt to govern. As typical of this Republican majority, it was done with zero negotiations with Democrats. They could get away with that strategy on the tax bill when they forced it through reconciliation; they can't here. When are our Republican leaders going to learn that the best way to govern--the best way to accomplish things--is by talking to us, not dropping ultimatums on us that bear none of our input? That is what happened with the FISA bill. It nearly went down. That had divisions on both sides of the aisle. That is what is happening here, and it doesn't look good for the CR coming over from the House for that very reason. Furthermore, the CR leaves out so many priorities that the American people want and demand--opioids, veterans, pensions. It doesn't resolve the fate of the Dreamers. It doesn't include an increase in military funding that Members from both sides of the aisle would support. It is just another kick of the can down the road because the Republicans-- both in the Senate and the House and the White House--can't get their act together. Even President Trump tweeted this morning that he opposed including CHIP on this bill.…”