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Evening Report — Senate Democrats under pressure over stopgap
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Senate Dems under pressure over stopgap
THE PRESSURE IN CONGRESS has shifted to Senate Democrats, who must decide whether to risk a shutdown by voting against a six-month stopgap to fund the government or swallow a bitter pill and back the GOP's funding patch.
The six-month continuing resolution (CR) that squeaked through the House is expected to get a vote in the Senate on Thursday, with the government set to shut down at the end of the week if a funding bill isn't passed.
The GOP has a 53-47 majority in the Senate. With Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) expected to oppose the bill, Republicans will need eight Democrats to reach the 60-vote threshold to overcome a filibuster.
Senate Democrats left a meeting Wednesday saying Republicans don't have the votes needed to pass the CR. Democrats are demanding the GOP first allow a vote on a shorter-term 30-day CR that would provide more time for bipartisan negotiations.
"The votes are not there to proceed on their one-sided, Republican-only bill,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said.
Several Democrats have already announced they're firmly against the GOP's six-month CR, but pressure has mounted after it passed the House.
“I urge my Senate colleagues to vote against this bill," Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said in a statement. "Instead, we should pass a short-term funding extension that allows us to finish the appropriations process and includes measures that defend our constitutionally mandated appropriations power from executive overreach.”
Other Senate Democrats from purple states appear more risk-averse at the moment.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has emerged as a key swing vote, told The Hill’s Alexander Bolton that Democrats have no choice but to vote to keep the government open.
“If the Democrats think that they want to burn the village down to save it, that’s terrible optics and that’s going to have serious impacts for millions and millions of people,” Fetterman said. “I’m never going to vote for that kind of chaos.”
Others are worried that a shutdown could act as an accelerant for Elon Musk’s efforts to gut the federal workforce.
“We’re dealing with people — many of whom I suspect think a shutdown would be a good thing, and they could prolong it and use it to expand the president’s power even beyond what they’re already considering,” said Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who has not revealed how he'll vote on the measure. “So that’s something that has to be considered. This isn’t normal.”
HOUSE DEMS RAMP UP PRESSURE TO OPPOSE CR
House Democrats stayed almost totally united in their opposition to the CR during Tuesday’s vote, with all but Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) voting against it.
Golden, a moderate who represents swing district, warned that “even a brief shutdown would introduce even more chaos and uncertainty at a time when our country can ill-afford it.”
But Democratic leaders in the House disagree and are urging Senate Democrats to kill the GOP funding bill.
“I wouldn’t expect senators to vote for this,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), the head of the House Democratic........
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