Chuck Schumer Urges House GOP to Drop Demands on Government Funding

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday urged House Republicans to back away from their demands on a stopgap government funding measure and work with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.

Schumer warned the demands rolled out last month by the conservative House Freedom Caucus can’t pass and that a shutdown would harm the nation. Government funding expires Sept. 30.

“By the end of this month, the House and Senate, Democrats and Republicans all must get on the same page keeping the government open and avoiding a pointless shutdown, a shutdown that will hurt just about every single American,” Schumer warned.

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