Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and nine other Democrats caved and voted with Senate Republicans to keep the government open this March. But if Congress approves President Donald Trump’s rescissions package this week, the pressure for Schumer to follow through on his shutdown threats will be even stronger this time around.
“It is absurd to expect Democrats to play along with funding the government if Republicans are just going to renege on a bipartisan agreement by concocting rescissions packages behind closed doors that can pass with only their votes, not the customary 60 votes required in the appropriation process,” Schumer said last week.
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