Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., warned Republicans Tuesday that they would get blamed for a government shutdown before November’s election, calling such a move “politically beyond stupid.”
McConnell made his declaration shortly after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., unveiled a plan to vote this week on a bill that pairs a six-month continuing resolution to fund the federal government with the SAVE Act, legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, The Hill reported. Johnson pulled the same package from the House floor last week after widespread opposition within his party.
“One thing you cannot have is a government shutdown,” McConnell told reporters, according to The Hill. “It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election because certainly we’d get the blame.
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