Chuck Shammer to vote to advance the GOP Funding Bill
Democratic Senator Chuck Shamar says he will vote for the GOP funding bill to avoid the government’s closure.
US Representative Alexandria Okasio Cortez, DNY, has repeatedly criticized the decision to enable the Republican Bill of Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Shammer, which in the government’s interview, calling the move a “tremendous mistake” and “a huge slap in the face”.
“It is almost unimaginable as to why the Senate Democrats will vote to hand over some pieces of Ba’aan, which we have for free,” Oxyce Cortez said in A. CNN interview It was broadcast on Thursday, in which he also commented on a “great mistake”.
Even this week, Okasio Cortez Told Reporters “There is a widespread feeling of fraud.” His criticisms indicated Speculation That she can try to challenge Shamar, which is also from New York, for her Senate seat. Shamar is ready for re -election in 2028.
Although Shamar did not actually voted for the spending bill to become a law, he supported an important procedure behind the vote, which faced the bill from the Senate. On Friday evening, the Senate voted 54-46 to pass the bill, and sent it to President Donald Trump’s desk to sign the law.
In the remarks on the Senate floor on Thursday, Shammer Warned That the government’s closure will be worse than the cost bill, which he himself described as a “terrible option”.
“But I am confident that allowing Donald Trump to take more power through the government’s closure is a worse option,” said Shamar.
The bill provides government financial support during September.
“It turns the federal government into a slash fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk, which sacrifices Congress powers, and it is a deep party,” Oxyce Cortez said on CNN.
Okasio Cortez did not directly answered CNN host Jack Tapper’s question whether he would challenge Shamar for his Senate seat.
“I think what we need right now is a united Senate Democratic Cox that can stand for this country,” he said.
