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He is encouraging all Republicans to vote yes on this clean CR, which freezes funding at current levels and will prevent the Democrats from getting their long-awaited government shutdown,
Leavitt said Tuesday
Both of us understand we’ve got to get this done. We’re trying to figure out the best way to do that,
Thune said afterward
Elon has [the] largest platform in the world, literally. And if he goes on and says something that’s misunderstood or misinterpreted about something we’re doing, he can blow the whole thing up. So I spend a lot of time working with all these dials and all these folks, and I just run around all day and make sure everybody’s happy,
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Democrats in the House have shown us they are united,
Elizabeth Warren issued a charge of her own ... she told reporters after all but one House Democrat voted against the stopgapNone of that’s going to fall through the cracks,
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His directive to me, clearly, is to shut down the Department of Education, which we know we'll have to work with Congress, you know, to get that accomplished,
she told Fox News host Laura IngrahamThe president never said that. He's taking the bureaucracy out of education so that more money flows to the states. Better education is closest to the kids, with parents, with the local superintendents, with local school boards,
she told IngrahamThe federal government does not control education, the states do, local school boards do. This is about opportunity,
she arguedWe’re going to end education coming out of Washington, DC. We’re going to close it up – all those buildings all over the place and people that in many cases hate our children. We’re going to send it all back to the states,
he said in a campaign video
It is not a simple stop-gap that keeps the lights on and the doors open. This is Republican leadership handing over the keys of the government, and a blank check to Elon Musk and to President Trump,
said Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro
There is an alternative for the senators, Democrats and Republicans, to consider,
Jeffries said
Our ongoing conversations with Senate Democrats, from the leadership all the way through the members of the Senate that we regularly work with, are continuing,
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in remarks to reporters during the retreatBig WIN for Republicans, and America, tonight. Congratulations to ALL!!!
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I refuse to burn the village down and to claim to save it,
Fetterman said
We're going to wait and see what the House does first,
Schumer told reportersHE SHOULD BE PRIMARIED, and I will lead the charge against him,
Trump posted online
This Republican shutdown bill does nothing to enhance the American dream. It undermines it,
House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said ahead of the voteHere’s the bottom line. If congressional Democrats refuse to support this clean CR, they will be responsible for every troop who misses a paycheck, for every flight delay from reduced staffing at TSA, for every negative consequence that comes from shutting down the government,
Johnson saidIt looks like they're going to try to shut down the government,
Johnson said of Democrats
We are prepared to take it up here in the Senate and make sure that on Friday, the government stays open. But it will be up to the Democrats as to whether or not that happens between now and then,
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Tuesday