New Jersey’s two Democratic senators on Sunday suggested their party could shut down the federal government to stop President Donald Trump from cutting waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs.
Sens. Cory Booker and Andy Kim told different news agencies that Democrats could refuse to pass a new spending bill by March 14.
“We are in a crisis right now, and Democrats will use every tool possible to protect Americans,” Booker said on CNN, according to The New York Times.
Kim suggested similar action on NBC, saying that if Democrats refused to pass a spending bill, they would blame it on Trump and Republicans by saying it was in opposition to spending cuts.
“I would be the last person to want to get to that stage,” Mr. Kim said of a possible government shutdown. “But we are at a point where we are basically on the cusp of a constitutional crisis.”
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