Schumer coins 'Trump shutdown,' slamming GOP amid spending fight
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is laying the groundwork to blame Trump and Republicans for a possible partial government shutdown.
"By filing today, I am giving the Senate maximum flexibility for preventing a shutdown," Schumer explained in remarks on the Senate floor. Because he filed the vehicle sooner, a vote on a forthcoming CR could also take place sooner. Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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"Democrats and Americans don’t want a Trump shutdown," he said, dubbing a potential partial shutdown with the moniker of Trump's name. "I dare say most Republicans – at least in this chamber – don’t want to see a Trump shutdown. And the American people certainly don’t want their elected representatives in Washington creating a shutdown for the sake of Donald Trump’s claims, when it’s clear he doesn’t even know how the legislative process works."