Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said if Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wants to engage in bipartisan negotiations to prevent the government from shutting down, he knows where to find him.
Schumer “knows where my office is,” Thune said to reporters Tuesday. “Why do you guys keep asking me this? I haven’t heard from him.”
Unless a spending agreement is reached, the government is set to shut down at the end of this month. Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., have sent letters to Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., but said they have not received a response.
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