With the prospect of a partial government shutdown looming, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.) announced Thursday that he will “vote to open the government and not close it,” as the Senate is poised to vote for government funding measures that lead to the House of Representatives to avoid shutdowns.
He said, “The bill is very bad, but the possibility of a shutdown will affect America much worse.”
The Senator's announcement urged some Democrats to push them down.
“We can't stress enough how wrong it is,” said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) of Schumer's argument. “Vote for this CR is codifying the chaos and reckless reductions Elon Musk is pursuing to fund billionaires' tax cuts.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., Senate Majority Leaders Chuck Schumer, Dn.Y., and Jerry Nadler Dn.Y., held a press conference (CTC) on child tax credits on July 8, 2021 in New York City (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“Respectfully Senator Schumer, no,” said Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, DN.J. writes to X:
“wtf?@senschumer grow your spine and grow it immediately,” writes Susan Rice. She later served as a domestic policy advisor for part of President Joe Biden's administration.
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“It's clear that some of us understand the dangers of the present. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of D-Texas declared in X.
Republicans hold a majority in the Senate, but even if all GOP senators are on the proposal, Senator Rand Paul is R-Ky. declared themselves “hell no,” so they cannot proceed to the vote unless multiple Democrats overcome the procedural hurdles.
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When they cleared the house's chamber of commerce earlier this week, only one Democrat voted to pass the measure.
