Schumer: I’ll Vote To Advance Spending Bill [VIDEO]

NBC News reports:

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced Thursday he would vote to advance Republicans’ six-month funding bill that passed the House to avert a government shutdown Friday night.

The move represents a major concession from Schumer, yielding to the GOP measure just one day after he vowed that Democrats wouldn’t allow it to pass. It means the bill is likely to find enough votes to clear the 60-vote threshold, and eventually pass, even as a growing number of Senate Democrats came out in opposition to it Thursday.

“There are no winners in a government shutdown,” Schumer said in a floor speech. “It’s not really a decision, it’s a Hobson’s choice: Either proceed with the bill before us or risk Donald Trump throwing America into the chaos of a shutdown.”

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🚨Listen to Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) explain why he will vote to advance the GOP budget resolution.

“While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse.” pic.twitter.com/Vm951B5U1H

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