Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says Democrats will push for language in the spending bills that need to pass by March 14 that would unwind Elon Musk’s efforts to dismantle government agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Schumer emphasized that Democrats don’t want to see the government shut down, but he vowed that Democrats would seek to halt Musk’s aggressive moves to freeze government funding, push federal workers to resign and shutter agencies such as USAID and the CFPB.

“The bottom line on this is that the Republicans are in charge, and we don’t want a shutdown. It’s up to them. But in terms of trying to get in the appropriations........

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