*Government Shutdown
A nation of immigrants. We say that, and we say it with pride.
I thank [Appropriations Committee Ranking Member] Lowey and Chairman Rogers for their leadership on this bill.
Wanted to make sure you saw today’s editorial in the New York Times, which asks the million-dollar question: Will Speaker Ryan take the responsible path and prevent a shutdown, or will he give in to right-wing demands to shut down the government?
Although the House passed a clean, continuing resolution to fund the government yesterday, 151 Republicans still voted to shut down government once again. As we gear up for another #GOPShutdown threat in December, here’s a reminder of just a few times a large number of GOP Members voted against responsible measures to keep government open:
September 30, 2015
I don’t think there's any doubt that the Democrats are going to cooperate in keeping the government open, if, in fact, we have a reasonable alternative. It won’t be an alternative that either party likes in terms of funding levels.
As you could have guessed, Senate Republicans’ CR defunding Planned Parenthood was rejected this afternoon with eight Republican Senators voting against it. We all knew it wouldn’t pass, and a look at the headlines this afternoon should serve as a reminder for Republicans that it’s time to set political games aside and work with Democrats to pass a clean, short-term CR that provides us time to reach a budget agreement. They have just four legislative days left to act responsibly.
As the House returns to session today, take a look at this morning’s NY Times editorial, which sums up Republicans’ shutdown saga quite well: “Congressional Republicans are again playing brinkmanship with the budget — some are even threatening to shut down the government — in order to score ideological and political points.”
Headlines of the Day:
A number of Republicans in the Senate have said, look, shutting down the government makes no sense.
Will GOP leaders listen to the nearly dozen Republican freshmen who are calling on them to be “principled, pragmatic leaders” and take responsible action to avert another costly government shutdown? Only time will tell… but time is running short, with only five legislative days left to act.
Headlines of the Day:
With just five legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year, the pressure continues to mount for Republicans to govern responsibly and work with Democrats to keep the government open and begin negotiations on a budget agreement to replace sequester level spending cuts on defense and non-defense priorities.