Congressional leaders intensified rhetoric on Wednesday over the impending government shutdown, with just two days remaining before federal funding expires at midnight on Friday.
What Happened: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) declared that Democrats are unified behind a “clean 30-day CR” while rejecting the House-passed Republican funding bill.
“Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their Continuing Resolution without any input from Congressional Democrats,” Schumer wrote on X. “Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to pass the House CR.”
Republican senators immediately blamed Democrats for the impasse. “We are now two days away from a government shutdown, and Senate Democrats are refusing to allow a CR to come for a vote,” Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) stated. “If …