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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) connected Friday issued a blistering connection connected however senators should grip a authorities backing ballot that, without naming him, dinged Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
“Democratic senators should perceive to the women,” Pelosi said. “Appropriations leaders [Rep.] Rosa DeLauro [D-Conn.] and [Sen.] Patty Murray [D-Wash.] person eloquently presented the lawsuit that we indispensable person a amended choice: a four-week backing hold to support authorities unfastened and negociate a bipartisan agreement.”
“America has experienced a Trump shutdown earlier – but this damaging authorities lone makes matters worse. Democrats indispensable not bargain into this mendacious choice. We indispensable combat backmost for a amended way. Listen to the women, For The People,” Pelosi said.
The connection comes a time aft Schumer announced that helium would ballot to advance the House GOP-drafted stopgap measure to money the authorities until the extremity of the fiscal twelvemonth connected Sept. 30, averting a authorities shutdown that would commencement aboriginal Saturday morning. Senate Republicans request astatine slightest 8 Democrats to ballot with them to beforehand the measure.
Schumer argued that portion the continuing solution (CR) is “very bad,” “the imaginable for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, overmuch worse,” saying helium believes it would let President Trump "to instrumentality adjacent overmuch much powerfulness via a authorities shutdown.”
That presumption comes contempt a question of Senate Democrats opposing the backing bill, adjacent those successful competitory districts.
Just 1 Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), voted for the backing spot successful the House earlier this week aft Democratic leaders determination urged their caucus to ballot against it.
Pelosi praised House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) for that presumption earlier successful her statement: “I salute Leader Hakeem Jeffries for his courageous rejection of this mendacious choice, and I americium arrogant of my colleagues successful the House Democratic Caucus for their overwhelming ballot against this bill.”
“Donald Trump and Elon Musk person offered the Congress a mendacious prime betwixt a authorities shutdown oregon a blank cheque that makes a devastating battle connected the well-being of moving families crossed America,” Pelosi besides said. “Let’s beryllium clear: neither is simply a bully enactment for the American people. But this mendacious prime that immoderate are buying alternatively of warring is unacceptable.”
House Democrats, who are gathering for their yearly issues retreat arsenic their Senate counterparts grapple with the backing measure, are furious with Schumer for not holding the enactment and utilizing a shutdown to negociate a amended backing deal.
