The new list of policy changes sought by the ultraconservative House lawmakers drew immediate pushback from Democratic leaders, who warned it would cause a shutdown.
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WASHINGTON — The ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus is demanding a series of conservative policy changes in exchange for giving its support to any short-term funding measure designed to avert a government shutdown on Sept. 30.
The Republican rebels insist that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who floated the idea of a stopgap bill last week, impose conditions that the Democratic-led Senate and President Joe Biden are extremely unlikely to accept.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a terse statement responding to the Freedom Caucus demands, “If the House decides to go in a partisan direction it will lead to a Republican caused shutdown.”
“Any short-term CR would only be necessary as a way to continue working through regular order on bills that include Republican priorities to lower spending in the bureaucracy and bring necessary changes to federal policy, and refocus our military to war-fighting capabilities and defense of our nation,” the spokesperson said.
The GOP-led House is pushing for a more partisan bill that would cut funding below levels agreed to in a recent budget deal, while the Senate is taking a bipartisan approach and avoiding controversial policy measures that either party sees as poison pills.
“Furthermore,” the Freedom Caucus statement continued, “we will oppose any attempt by Washington to revert to its old playbook of using a series of short-term funding extensions to push Congress up against a December deadline to force the passage of yet another monstrous, budget busting, pork filled, lobbyist handout omnibus spending bill at the year’s end and we will use every procedural tool necessary to prevent that outcome.”
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After the shutdown in 2013, the Senate flipped on favor of Republicans and their majority in the House grew. Then we all know how 2016 went.
If Americans vote Trump in again, they deserve what they get.
I’ve always said Trump is the most American president we’ve ever had.
After the shutdown in 2013, the Senate flipped on favor of Republicans
But not because of the shutdown.
@btaf45 @NightGaunts @queermunist American voters are some of the dumbest people walking the Earth. Just deep down to the bone, stupid. Voting against the tsunami of stupid is like spitting into a hurricane, but still, I pull so many Ds every year that I start to doubt my sexuality.
Probably, but that doesn’t matter.
What matters is if these House members think the government shutdown will hurt Biden and allow them to retake the government.
