McConnell: Government shutdown before election 'politically beyond stupid'
Source: The Hill
09/17/24 4:02 PM ET
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is warning colleagues that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for Congress to stumble into a government shutdown a few weeks before Election Day, saying Republicans would “certainly” get the blame.
McConnell made his comments a few hours after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) unveiled his plan to vote this week on a bill that pairs a six-month continuing resolution with legislation backed by former President Trump that would require proof of citizenship to vote. Johnson was forced to yank the same bill from the floor last week in the face of widespread opposition within his own party.
Democrats warn they view the voter registration language as a “poison pill” that will sink the funding package. McConnell stopped short of calling on House Republicans to abandon their plans of advancing a bill that has no chance of passing the Senate, but made it clear that he wants to see some kind of bipartisan compromise over the next 13 days to avoid a shutdown.
“One thing you cannot have is a government shutdown. It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election, because certainly we’d get the blame,” McConnell told reporters Tuesday.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4884800-mcconnell-government-shutdown-election/
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