A group of Republican lieutenant governors drafted a letter to Senate leadership on Tuesday calling on Democrats in the Upper Chamber to pass a continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.

The letter, first obtained by The Hill, invokes Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and a handful of other congressional Democrats’ vote with Republicans last March to keep the government open, as well as 13 clean funding extensions that Congress during the Biden administration.

“That precedent should be honored now,” the group of lieutenant governors wrote. “There is no path forward for the Democrats’ nearly $1.5 trillion wish list that would give free healthcare for illegal........

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