Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday would not rule out backing President Donald Trump’s demand for a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a partial federal shutdown, even after Democrats rejected the GOP-backed measure last week.
“Look, we hope it doesn’t come to that,” the New York Democrat said in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “The American people are on our side by almost 2 to 1.”
Schumer and most of his caucus opposed the House-passed bill Friday, instead backing their own version that tied government funding to healthcare provisions and limits on Trump’s ability to freeze spending. Both measures failed in the Senate.
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