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Screaming and Division During Schumer Shutdown Discussions – RedState

Looks like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) may have been exaggerating a bit when it comes to his claims on unity around refusing to vote on the stopgap CR that passed in the House. 





According to a new report, he may not have the unity Schumer claimed; there were apparently people considering defecting and voting for the House CR. So, it sounds like it got volatile. 

Senate Democrats are in disagreement over how to proceed on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, with some inclined to help advance it and others apparently willing to risk a lapse in funding. 

“They’ve been debating what to do, and there’s been people who feel strongly on both sides,” a Democratic source familiar told Fox News Digital, in reference to several lengthy Senate Democratic caucus meetings in the past couple days.

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