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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Republicans will likely get help pressuring Democrats to come to the
negotiating table. After top Democrats sent their letter to McConnell, The
Washington Examiner floated nicknaming the Senate’s top Democrat “Shutdown
Schumer.”
Senators are firing the opening salvos in a new fight over funding the
government.
With President Trump releasing his first budget request Thursday, both
parties are preemptively pointing fingers over who would be responsible if
Congress misses a deadline in April to avoid a government shutdown.
Republicans say it’s up to Democrats to play ball, while Democrats counter
that Republicans have to be willing to reject some of Trump's proposals.
“If they put those poison pill amendments in and try to shove them down the
American people's throats, of course they might be responsible for shutting
the government down,” Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) told
reporters during a leadership press conference.
Schumer said a letter he and other top Democrats sent to Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should serve as a “guidepost” for how
Republicans can work with them to avoid a shutdown.
Democrats outlined in the letter, which was also sent to Senate
Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), their demands for
any spending bill: that Republicans avoid “poison pills” that would stir
ire from Democrats and that any increases in defense spending be matched
with a boost in nondefense spending. |
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