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I am firmly 100% in his corner, ... I don’t think we have time to do anything else. I’m being realistic.”
Harris told reporters, while former skeptic representative Victoria Spartz, who nearly blocked a budget blueprint last month, said
Shutdowns are a bad idea. I’m not a shutdown guy.”
Oregon’s Democratic senator, Ron Wyden also signalled support, sayingIt could happen. It shouldn’t have happened, and it probably won’t,
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday when asked about the possibility of a shutdownThe House and Senate have put together, under the circumstances, a very good funding bill (“CR”)! All Republicans should vote (Please!) YES next week,
Trump wrote on Truth Social
Great things are coming for America, and I am asking you all to give us a few months to get us through to September so we can continue to put the Country’s ‘financial house’ in order,
Trump addedI am working with the GREAT House Republicans on a Continuing Resolution to fund the Government until September to give us some needed time to work on our Agenda,
Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday
It'll have to do with incentives, taxes, they'll be coming from all over the world, just like they are with cars, with what we've done with tariffs,
Trump said from the Oval Office last week of the upcoming announcement
They are giving me a report next week some time, and I do believe I'll be releasing,
Trump said on Thursday while speaking with Fox News' Peter DoocyRepublicans have decided to introduce a partisan continuing resolution that threatens to cut funding for healthcare, nutritional assistance and veterans benefits through the end of the current fiscal year,
House Democrats said in statement last weekConservatives will love this Bill, because it sets us up to cut Taxes and Spending in Reconciliation, all while effectively FREEZING Spending this year,
Trump addedWe will not tolerate the remnants of Assad’s forces,
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That’s a constitutional issue, right? Everyone knows Congress has the power of the purse. So, until I see some assurances that whatever we pass next week is going to ensure that the money is spent the way Congress intends, I’m going to withhold my vote until I see that.”
Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said on NBC’s “Meet the PressHe’s really showing just how bad he is at governing right now. … He’s the one that’s walking away from this bipartisan talk right now.”
The New Jersey Democrat added of JohnsonInstead of turning the keys over to the Trump administration with this bill, Congress should immediately pass a short-term CR to prevent a shutdown and finish work on bipartisan funding bills that invest in families, keep America safe, and ensure our constituents have a say in how federal funding is spent.”
The Washington state Democrat addedWell, it’s not simple yet, because we don’t know what the House is going to do,
he said