House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole told Newsmax on Wednesday that Senate Democrats are responsible for prolonging the government shutdown, accusing them of “holding millions of people hostage” to score political points.
“We do have a majority in the Senate,” the Oklahoma Republican said in an interview with “Wake Up America” “Three of the people supporting reopening the government are Democrats or an independent aligned with Democrats.”
The House has already done its job by passing a clean continuing resolution to keep the government open, but Senate Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have refused to move forward.
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