Schumer: Democrats Won’t Accept a Clean C.R. through 2014

Published October 4, 2013 7:30pm ET



This week, President Obama and Democratic congressional leaders have said they’re willing to pass a continuing resolution that funds the government at the level Republicans want.

“They keep moving the goal posts and won’t even accept their own number,” House minority leader Nancy Pelosi said following a meeting at the White House on Wednesday. “As Leader Reid said: ‘if they don’t take yes for an answer,’ then I can only conclude that they’ve wanted to shut down government.”

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