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    Chuck Schumer Says Senate Will Pass Bill To Fix D.C. Funding Cut


    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced Friday that the Senate would quickly fix one of the harshest provisions of a government funding bill he has reluctantly supported.

    The legislation, which would avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday, included a provision forcing the D.C. government to cut $1 billion from its budget over the next six months, potentially causing mass layoffs of teachers and firefights.

    Schumer said that as soon as the Senate passes the funding bill, it would move a bill to undo the D.C. cut. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said earlier that such a fix was in the works.

    The D.C. fix would still need to be approved by the House, however, and that chamber is not scheduled to return to Washington for votes until March 24. It’s not clear if House Republicans would embrace the measure, but no lawmaker has exactly championed the cut to the District’s budget, and some observers have suggested it was put in by mistake.

    A bipartisan bill shielding D.C. from a pointless cut ― which wouldn’t save the federal government any money ― would be something of a win for Schumer, who has been battered by members of his own party for saying Democrats would filibuster the broader funding bill on Wednesday and then saying he himself would support it on Thursday.

    Posted by John3262005

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    3. Leonflames on

      It’s too late for that now. The idea was to use the government funding as leverage, now you’ve lost that opportunity. What a self own.

    4. The_Crass-Beagle_Act on

      Can’t wait for the House to not even vote on it and for Chuck to go “well, just add it to the pile of things moderate voters in Iowa will definitely be super pissed at their Senators about for some reason come September”

    6. TrouauaiAdvice on

      And why would Republicans vote for this? Why do they care for a deep blue city that would never support Republicans anyway?

    7. my_shiny_new_account on

      > no lawmaker has exactly championed the cut to the District’s budget, and **some observers have suggested it was put in by mistake.**

      i don’t know if i should be more frightened by this claim being true or false

    10. Goldmule1 on

      If this was really an accidental insertion, Schumer could’ve prevented all of this by being proactive and demanding a change be made before the House went on recess.

    11. Docile_Doggo on

      Will be interesting to see how this plays out. Lots of people in here absolutely certain they know the answer. I definitely don’t.

      RemindMe! 1 week

    12. Star_Trekker on

      Can’t wait for Shucks Schumer to get rug pulled when Johnson doesn’t bring this to a vote

    13. BugRevolution on

      Oh yeah, the $1 billion D.C. funding cut is definitely what we’re all worried about.

      Not the complete dismantlement of the federal government. That’s not a concern *at all*. /s

      (And they probably won’t even get the $1 billion either)

    16. LivefromPhoenix on

      Fuck you Chuck. I can’t believe he thinks people are stupid enough to buy this excuse.

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