The GOP�s �reckless� demand for immediate budget cuts all but guarantees a government shutdown next month, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) warned yesterday.
Schumer was on the warpath over House Speaker John Boehner�s spending-slash plan, blasting him for trying to gut vital health and social services to save a buck.
�Unfortunately, Speaker Boehner seems to be on a course that would inevitably lead to a shutdown,� Schumer told CNN�s �State of the Union.� �That�s reckless.�
�I understand that Speaker Boehner is being pushed by the hard right,� he said. �But it�s wrong�wrong. It would hurt innocent people, hurt the economy, and we hope we can come to the table and negotiate without shutting the government down.�
Congress, which is on a Presidents Day holiday until next week, must OK a spending bill by March 4 to avoid a shutdown.
Democrats huddled yesterday in a bid to craft a temporary measure to keep the government running, but Boehner (R-Ohio) said the House would reject any bill that doesn�t include cuts.
(Source: NY Post)
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mind the pun , however i think it is time for schumer to stop talking and to start bringing home the bacon for the people of new york state.
Sorry Chuck U, but a govt shutdown would not be a bad thing. I remember the last shutdown and many people learned that the world didn’t fall apart. We continued quite well in fact. A govt shutdown is only for “non-essential” workers anyway and too bad you aren’t considered one of them! The govt was closed for a number of snow days this winter and NOTHING happened so this fear tactic of you and your leftist buds doesn’t scare us at all.