House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Sunday that Democrats must act in the Senate to prevent a government shutdown, stressing that Republicans have already passed a short-term funding bill to keep agencies open through November.
“We passed a bill through the House to keep the government from shutting down,” the Louisiana Republican said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Hakeem [Jeffries] actually whipped his members to shut the government down. He voted that way. But luckily, we were able to get the bill passed. So, right now it’s over in the Senate, and it’s on Chuck Schumer and Democrats in the Senate to keep the government from shutting down, and I hope they’ll come to their senses and do that early next week.”
Scalise said the bill does not alter spending levels and matches what Democrats supported earlier this year.
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