White House pressures Senate to find a shutdown solution: ‘We’ll see … what they pass’

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Tuesday pressured the Senate to come up with a solution for the pending government shutdown, and said the administration would decide what it thinks about the idea once it passes.

“At this point we’re disappointed in the fact they’ve yet to vote and pass something,” Sanders told reporters at the White House Tuesday when asked how a shutdown might be avoided after Friday. “When they do that, we’ll make a determination whether we’re going to sign that.”

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