Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has criticized former President Donald Trump for spending a month encouraging the House GOP to shut down the government.
What Happened: On Monday, Schumer took to X to express his views on the ongoing negotiations for a stopgap funding deal. He criticized Trump's urging of House Republicans to force a government shutdown if Voter ID proposals, supported by him, were not accepted.
Schumer's post read, "Remember: Trump has spent the month urging House Republicans to shut the government down if his poison pills weren't passed. It's outlandishly cynical."
Remember: Trump has spent the month urging House Republicans to shut the government down if his poison pills weren't passed.
It's outlandishly cynical.
He knows a shutdown would mean chaos and pain and needless heartache for the American people.
But clearly he doesn't care.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 23, 2024
He called the ex-president's position "outlandishly cynical."
"He knows a shutdown would mean chaos and pain and needless heartache for the American people," said Schumer — adding, "But clearly he doesn't care."
This comes in the wake of a significant development in the House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) funding bill was defeated by a group of House Republicans. The bill's failure complicated efforts to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.
However, on Monday, Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on a short-term spending bill to fund federal agencies through mid-December, avoiding a government shutdown as the new fiscal year began. The bill includes $231 million for the Secret Service following assassination attempts on Trump. Final spending decisions were pushed until after the November elections, reported AP News.
Why It Matters: Schumer's comments echoed his previous warning that if a government shutdown occured due to "Republican poison pills," the American public would hold them accountable. His post read, "If a shutdown happens because of Republican poison pills, the American people are going to hold them responsible. We don't need to go down this road."
House GOP leaders had proposed a three-month plan to keep the government funded, following the failure of Speaker Johnson's initial plan due to Republican opposition. The resolution, which maintains current funding levels until December 20, sets the stage for a holiday funding battle. The three-month timeframe is a reduction from Johnson's initial six-month proposal and notably omits a Trump-endorsed measure requiring proof of citizenship to vote.
Johnson had warned Republicans against a shutdown, stating in a "Dear Colleague" letter, "As history has taught and current polling affirms, shutting the government down less than 40 days from a fateful election would be an act of political malpractice."
This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Shivdeep Dhaliwal
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(D-N.Y.)批评了前总统特朗普在一个月时间里鼓励众议院共和党关闭政府。
事件经过:周一,舒默利用X表达了他对一项过渡资金协议谈判的看法。他批评特朗普敦促众议院共和党迫使政府关闭,如果他支持的选民身份证提案不被接受。
舒默的发帖称:“请记住:特朗普花一个月时间敦促众议院共和党关闭政府,如果他的毒丸未被通过。这种做法极为愚蠢。”
请记住:特朗普花了一个月的时间敦促众议院共和党关闭政府,如果他的毒丸法案未通过。
这种做法极为愚蠢。
他知道关闭将意味着混乱、痛苦和给美国人民带来不必要的伤心。
但很明显他并不在乎。
— 查克·舒默(@SenSchumer)2024年9月23日
他称呼前任总统的立场"异想天开、愤世嫉俗。"
“他知道关闭将意味着混乱、痛苦和不必要的伤心事,对美国人民而言是毫无意义的,” Schumer说,补充道,“但显然,他并不在乎。”
这发生在众议院出现重大进展之时,议长迈克·约翰逊(R-路易斯安那州)的资金法案被一群众议院共和党人击败。这一法案的失败使避免本月底政府停摆的努力变得复杂。
然而,周一,国会领袖们就一项短期支出法案达成了两党共识,以资助联邦机构至十二月中旬,避免了新财政年度开始时的政府停摆。该法案包括2.31亿美元用于特朗普遭遇刺杀企图后的特勤局。最终的支出决定推迟至十一月选举后进行,据美联社报道。
为什么重要:舒默的评论呼应了他此前的警告,即如果"共和党投放的拖累条款"导致政府停摆,美国公众将会追究他们的责任。他在发帖中写到,"如果政府停摆是因为共和党的拖累条款,美国人民将会追究他们的责任。我们不应该走上这条路。"
众议院共和党领袖提出了一项为期三个月的政府资金计划,这是在议长约翰逊的初期计划因为共和党的反对而失败后提出的。该决议将维持目前的资金水平至12月20日,为一个假日资金斗争奠定了基础。这三个月的时间框架较约翰逊最初的六个月提议有所减少,并显著省略了特朗普支持的措施,要求投票时出示公民身份证明。
约翰逊警告共和党人不要发生政府停摆,在"亲爱的同僚"信中表示,"历史已经教训,当前的民意调查也证实,离一场重要选举不到40天的时间内关闭政府是一种政治过失。"
本文使用Benzinga Neuro生成并由Shivdeep Dhaliwal编辑。