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Democrats Revolt After Chuck Schumer Says He’ll Vote To Advance GOP Bill To Keep Government Open


Schumer's support could signal that a GOP funding bill may pass in a vote on Friday.

As Democrats bashed the bill as one that will slash health and veterans benefits and remove more than $1 billion from the budget of Washington, D.C., Schumer warned that a shutdown would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk even more opportunity to decimate federal agencies. “While the [funding] bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse,” Schumer said. Schumer said that with a shut down, congressional Republicans “would weaponize their majorities to cherry pick which parts of the government to reopen in a protracted shutdown.”

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