Friday’s deadline to fund the government is fast approaching. While the House passed a continuing resolution (CR) earlier this week, its fate in the Senate remains uncertain. On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) claimed the CR lacked the votes to clear cloture, but that may have been a bluff. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), however, is confident it will pass the Senate despite opposition from Schumer and the Democrats.
“I’m not clairvoyant,” Kennedy told Newsmax on Wednesday, “but I think it’s going to pass.”
“My Democratic colleagues are not happy, you know. They’re not happy in general right now. But the truth is this: they don’t want to shut government down. And I applaud them for that. Republicans certainly don’t want to shut the government down,” he continued. “The CR would keep government open, cut $13 billion from nondefense discretionary spending, spend $6 billion extra on defense. It would spend a smaller amount of money than we spent in fiscal year ’24 or fiscal year ’23. It’s not perfect, but it’s good, and I think it’s going to pass.”
Kennedy hit the nail on the head when he noted that Democrats are “not happy in general right now.” Of course, they’re not….
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