Senate Minority Leader, D-N.Y., said Tuesday that President Trump’s call for a “good” government shutdown earlier in the day is a “very, very bad idea.”

The New York Democrat said he was encouraged that many Senate Republicans are not on board with the call, which Trump indicated could put pressure on the Senate to change the legislative filibuster threshold from 60 to 51 votes.

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