Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania lambasted Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York over the government shutdown in an interview posted on social media Thursday, saying it was an “absolute failure.”
The federal government entered a partial shutdown at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Oct. 1 after the Senate failed to pass a continuing resolution, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster after the House of Representatives passed the short-term funding bill on Sept. 19.
CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Manu Raju asked Fetterman about Schumer’s claim that the shutdown benefits Democrats politically.
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“Yeah, well, ask the hungry people on Saturday. You know, that’s the thing… Americans are not leverage,” Fetterman said. “This is not — this is not some
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