Chuck Schumer touts ‘broad and strong’ opposition to short-term spending package

Published January 17, 2018 8:20pm ET



Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Wednesday there is “broad and strong” opposition to the House Republican call for a four-week spending package as they up their backing for a bipartisan deal to give legislative certainty to Dreamers.

Schumer told reporters the “overwhelming” amount of Senate Democrats will not support this package, which funds the government until Feb. 16 and includes a six-year reauthorization for the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which Democrats have called for since its expiration last fall.

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