Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer told CNN that his chamber might have to take matters in its own hands and push through a must-pass bill to fund the government amid deep divisions in the House and a looming shutdown by next weekend.
For weeks, Democratic and Republican senators have been watching the House with growing alarm as Speaker Kevin McCarthy has struggled to cobble together the votes to pass a short-term spending bill along party lines – all as he has resisted calls to cut a deal with Democrats to keep the government open until a longer-term deal can be reached. The initial plan: Let McCarthy get the votes to pass a bill first before the Senate changes it and sends it back to the House for a final round of votes and negotiations.
Now with House GOP leaders still struggling to get the votes ahead of the September 30 deadline, Schumer said he would try to cut a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and send it to the House on the eve of a potential shutdown – all as he signaled he was pushing to include aid to Ukraine as part of the package.
How sad that it’s come down to Mitch McConnel being the most reasonable Republican in the room.
All he has to do to be the most reasonable Republican in the room is just stand there and not say anything.
As of late, he seems very good at that
The Cult of Reagan and limitless corruption are not okay with the Cult of Trump’s “burn it all to the ground” approach. Shutdowns hurt profit margins both long and short term.
Schumer does most of the talking. McConnell just kinda…stares.
Little feller is still trying to reboot. You can see the spinning circles in his eyes.
Shutdown? Is that what had been happening to McConnell, frequent shutdowns?
Hah. Gottem.
Look man, someone has to write shit for the tonight show to steal
No, just reboots. Still hoping we get that shutdown after all 🤞
Doesn’t this happen every year, like some sort of dysfunctional system clock?
Only when Republicans control the House.
We need to do away with the fucking Senate.
While I generally agree, in this instance, the Senate is being the voice of reason.