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McConnell: Senate Will Vote on Short-Term Government Funding This Week

Democrats chose to block funding for the national defense — including a pay raise for our men and women in uniform — in order to pick a partisan fight with the White House.

September 24, 2019

Democrats chose to block funding for the national defense — including a pay raise for our men and women in uniform — in order to pick a partisan fight with the White House.
‘…I believe it is extremely important that their work be handled in a secure setting with adequate protections, in a bipartisan fashion, and based on facts rather than leaks to the press. It is regrettable that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Schiff and Senator Schumer have chosen to politicize this issue, circumventing the established procedures and protocols that exist so the Committees can pursue sensitive matters in the appropriate, deliberate, bipartisan manner.’
‘The last thing we need is for the socialist delusions of the “Green New Deal” and Medicare for All to be copied-and-pasted onto innovations and cures, putting them at risk. Fortunately, this Republican Senate won’t let the Speaker’s dangerous proposal hurt the country. We’ll stay focused on the American people’s business. And we’ll keep hoping our friends across the building put aside the political performances and join with us to work on real solutions with a real chance of becoming real laws.’