By Alexander Bolton - 09/01/16 01:28 PM EDT
Senate Democrats on Thursday ruled out the possibility that they would agree to a long-term spending measure, saying they will not let talks spill over into the new president’s term.
“Everyone should be alerted today that we’re not going to be doing a long-term CR,” Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) told reporters on a conference call, referring to a continuing resolution to fund government beyond the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
“We’re not doing anything into next year and every Republican should be aware of that right now,” said Reid, who is retiring at the end of the Congress.
Reid’s comments reflect Democratic confidence that Hillary Clinton will be elected president. Clinton is leading Republican Donald Trump in polls, and Democrats want to give her a clean start as president so that she does not have to negotiate funding for the federal government in her first 100 days in office.
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