Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and 16 Republican House members are deliberately creating another government funding crisis. In a more rational world, voters would allow none of them to stay in office.

On Wednesday, 14 House Republicans voted “no” and two voted “present” on a sensible “continuing resolution” bill to keep the government operating through next March while ensuring that only U.S. citizens can vote in this fall’s elections. Their obstinacy, combined with that of all but three Democrats, killed the bill for now and made another stupid government “shutdown” more likely when the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

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