On the Senate floor Tuesday, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) slammed the House GOP as a government shutdown looms. “We will not be bullied by a few hard-right radicals,” Schumer said. Here’s the full quote:
“None of us want to see a government shutdown. So, we'll do everything possible to ensure we avoid one in the coming weeks. If Republicans in the House follow the approach we've taken in the Senate — the bipartisan approach where Democrats and Republican appropriators work collaboratively despite our disagreements — then we can minimize the risks of a shutdown. But if House Republicans bend to the insatiable whims and demands of their hard-right flank, if they corrode the appropriations process with poison pills and extremist policy proposals, then they will be responsible for moving us closer to a shutdown. I hope that does not happen. But we will not be bullied by a few hard-right radicals.”
