Congressman Smith Calls on House to Take Up Senate Funding Bill

Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) released the following statement after his vote House Republicans' refusal to bring up a vote on the Senate funding measure:

"For the second time, the Senateplans toconsider and vote on funding measuresthat werepassed by the Houseof Representatives. They havetwicerejected the legislation and sent back a clean bill to avoid a government shutdown.House Republican leadershipshould take the Senate's lead andbring up the Senate-passed bill and allow the House of Representativestotake a yes or no vote on a clean bill to fund our government.

"This is no longer about spending cuts. We have acceptedfunding levels Republicans demanded. House Republicans are simply more interested in playing politics and making unreasonable partisan demands that have nothing to do with the budget or securing our nation's economy.This gamesmanship must end to avoid shutting down the government."

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