Dozens of House Democrats signed a pair of letters on Friday to Senate minority leader Chuck Schuner (DN.Y.), urging them to oppose the House GOP's government funding bill as Upper Chamber prepares to vote in key procedural votes on the measure.
The Full Court press has announced that Schumer will come the day after the House Democrats and the broken down and vote to advance the ongoing resolutions created by House GOP lawmakers.
1 letterDemocrats on the panel, led by Rep. Rosa Delauro (D-Conn.), a ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, argues that “it urges Senate Democrat colleagues to reject partisanship and harmful continuing resolutions.”
Twenty-one Democrats signed the letter.
“Congressional Democrats must defend the rights and rights of the offices we have elected to hold. Congressional Democrats must fight against the White House, who see themselves as looking at law, for our members and for the American people,” they write. “We can pass a full year funding bill that will urge all Senate Democrats to stand up to House Democrats and Americans, reject this ongoing resolution, return homes and Senate Republicans to the negotiation table, and protect American investment from the Trump administration.”
Seconds letterled by Rep. Derek Tran (D-Calif.), signed by 66 House Democrats, and listened to a similar memo, focusing on “strong opposition to the aisle” of the House Gop suspension.
“Republican leaders have deliberately detached Democrats from the process. They should not succumb to the acquisition of Republican hostages of vulnerable elderly people, veterans and working-class families and advance the destructive fundraising bill,” they write. “If Congressional Republicans want to pass this bill, they should do so on their own vote.”
Instead of moving forward, House Democrats are urging their Senate counterparts to block the GOP spending bill and vote for a 30-day ongoing resolution.
The Senate is scheduled to make an important procedural vote on the House GOP spending bill Friday afternoon.
The final passage of legislation calls for a simple majority vote, but Senate Republicans need at least 60 votes and democratic aid to advance the measure.
Schumer announced Thursday that he would support the law, arguing that the closure is more harmful than the bill's contents. Senators John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Katherine Cortez Mast (D-Nev.) joined him.
Republicans need at least eight Democrats to join the bill's advance as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY.) expects to oppose the law.
