Senate Democrats from shutdown central call for 'block' of all bills that don't open government

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Senate Democrats from shutdown central call for 'block' of all bills that don't open government
by Daniel Chaitin
 & Naomi Lim
 | January 07, 2019 12:08 AM



Two Democratic senators on Sunday urged their colleagues to "block" consideration of all bills not related to the partial government shutdown until the Senate vote on legislation passed by the House that could end a stand-off over border security funding.

Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, both from Maryland where many federal employees impacted by the shutdown live, called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to allow for a vote.

"Senate Democrats should block consideration of any bills unrelated to opening the government until Sen. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans allow a vote on the bipartisan bills the House passed to open the government. Mitch, don’t delay. Let’s vote!" tweeted Van Hollen, who is the ranking member of the Budget Committee.

Cardin responded with a tweet that said he "agreed."

"This isn’t business as usual," he added. "This is a crisis, a fundamental failure to govern, and Americans are suffering for it. The Senate should not take up any bills unrelated to reopening the government until @SenateMajLdr lets us vote on exactly that. #Shutdown."

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This is good news.  Make us safe from any onerous bills that could: raise taxes, grab guns, increase welfare spending.  This is a win win for america.