Top House Democrats press Senate colleagues to sink GOP spending bill [View all]
(The Hill) The top House Democrats are pressing their fellow party members in the Senate to kill the Republicans’ spending bill when it reaches the upper chamber, saying the proposal will hurt Americans around the country.
“I wouldn’t expect senators to vote for this,” said Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), the head of the House Democratic Caucus. “This is a bad bill. We did not negotiate this bill. They did not negotiate this bill. … In the interest of our national security, in the interest of American families, they need to vote no and beat back this bill.”
The push comes as Senate Democratic leaders have been tepid in their approach to the Republican bill and some moderates have suggested they’re open to supporting it.
House Democrats were virtually united Tuesday evening in opposing the GOP spending package, which was crafted by House Republicans without Democratic input. They lost only one defection, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), who said he didn’t want to risk a government shutdown.
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