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Government shutdown likely after Schumer says Senate Dems will block GOP funding bill

Tuesday was the first time House Republicans had passed a CR without leaning on Democratic support since they retook the lower chamber in 2023


-- New York Post & Gunther Eagleman™

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that most Democrats in the upper chamber will not support a House Republican-passed bill to fund the federal government through the end of September, all but ensuring a partial shutdown beginning at 11:59 p.m. Friday.

“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,” Schumer (D-NY) said on the Senate floor Wednesday. ---More...

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