(The Center Square) — Lawmakers are scrambling to avoid a partial government shutdown this week.
Funding for the federal government runs out at the end of September, Saturday at midnight, and lawmakers are still far from getting agreement on a deal that President Joe Biden can sign into law.
Senate Democrats have already begun shifting blame onto House Republicans and McCarthy, pointing out House Republicans had time to pass individual spending bills but did not get them done in time. Ukraine funding in particular has become a divisive issue that could kill any funding bill. Democrats and many Republicans support it, but a growing contingent of Republicans say taxpayers should no longer keep sending the large sums overseas."This is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down," McCarthy told reporters last week.
Democrats in the past have blasted Republicans for threatening the paychecks of those employees, though they will get back pay once the government reopens."Nearly a hundred thousand of my constituents won’t get paid during a shutdown. It's a disaster for Northern Virginia," Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., wrote on social media."They have families who depend on them, and they don’t deserve this.
"WE NEED NEW, & REAL, REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, NOT A CLONE OF MITCH, & WE NEED IT NOW!!!" Trump added.
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