Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said his caucus does not have enough votes to advance the short-term funding bill that passed in the House on Tuesday. Instead, he is calling for a vote on a one-month clean continuing resolution, pushing the government closer to a shutdown.

“Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their continuing resolution without any input … from Congressional Democrats,” Schumer said, speaking on the floor on Wednesday afternoon. “Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR.”

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