GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for Republicans to shut down the government if they can’t pass the voting measure known as the SAVE Act.
Many Democrats are pushing for an extension into December that would not include the SAVE Act, which is viewed as a non-starter in the Senate.
“House Republicans don’t seem to have any plan for actually keeping the government open, so the Senate will step in,” Schumer said in floor remarks.
“Many Republican House members, as many of you have reported, are smart enough to know if there is a shutdown, it will be a Republican shutdown.
There never is a shutdown — hardly ever is a shutdown,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois.
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