House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday accused Senate Democrats of deliberately forcing a government shutdown rather than passing a clean funding bill, adding that some members of the party have said themselves that it’s wrong.
“Democrats picked a shutdown over the American people,” Johnson said in a press release. “They rejected a simple measure to keep the government open — proving they’d rather score political points than protect seniors, veterans, and working families.”
He quoted past critical comments about government shutdowns made by Democrat legislators, including Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine.
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