Majority Leader Schumer Statement On Speaker Johnson’s Failed House CR Vote

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after the House partisan CR failed, emphasizing that with only days left, urgent bipartisan action is needed to avert a government shutdown.

“For weeks, Speaker Johnson pursued a partisan ploy knowing full well it had no chance of passing or averting a shutdown. We now have only a few days left for House Republicans to come to their senses, come to the table, and come together with Democrats to craft a bipartisan agreement. Democrats are prepared to work in a bipartisan way, just as we have many times this year, to avoid a shutdown. Speaker Johnson has a simple choice: will he just pay blind obeisance to Donald Trump or will he side with the American people and avoid a shutdown? America cannot afford another Trump shutdown.”

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