Senator Schumer on Government Shutdown
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke at the start of day two of the government shutdown.
Senators Schumer and McConnell on Ending Shutdown
2018-01-22T13:08:32-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/90c/20180122131206001_hd.jpgSenate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the government until February 8, 2018, in exchange for a Republican promise that if an agreement on immigration wasn’t reached by that day, the Senate would immediately proceed to legislation on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Senator McConnell responded by thanking Senator Schumer and then criticized him for “a strategy to shutdown the government over the issue of illegal immigration.”Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the government until… read more
Senators Schumer and McConnell on Ending Shutdown Senate Minority Leader Schumer (D-NY) announced Democrats would accept Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s (R-KY) proposal to re-open the government until February 8, 2018, in exchange for a Republican promise that if an agreement on immigration wasn’t reached by that day, the Senate would immediately proceed to legislation on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Senator McConnell responded by thanking Senator Schumer and then criticized him for “a strategy to shutdown the government over the issue of illegal immigration.” close
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