GOP senator circulates plan to discuss government shutdown strategy with Trump
Key takeaways
- Scott, who invited Trump to lunch in the Capitol, says Democrats are unlikely to help pass any of the 12 annual spending bills before the Sept. 30 deadline.
- “I hope we can continue to have robust conversations as a conference this week as to how we should spend our time between now and the November elections.
- He said Republicans should work on passing a clean stopgap funding measure to keep the government funded through the November midterm election.
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Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, is circulating a plan among Senate Republicans to avoid another government shutdown later this year so that they can discuss it when President Trump meets with GOP senators Wednesday.
Scott, who invited Trump to lunch in the Capitol, says Democrats are unlikely to help pass any of the 12 annual spending bills before the Sept. 30 deadline. He’s pressing colleagues to rally around a plan to pass a continuing resolution to keep funding levels frozen and avoid a third government shutdown in the 119th Congress.
He says GOP colleagues should focus on avoiding a government shutdown and passing the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require people to show documented proof of citizenship when registering to vote, as their top two priorities for the rest of this year.