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House Budget Committee chairman says pressure is mounting to end shutdown as services run out
Summary
On day 29 of the federal government shutdown, Rep. Jody Harrington, identified on the program as chairman of the House Budget Committee, said pressure is building on Senate Democrats to reopen government as nutrition, health and payroll supports risk lapsing.
Rep. Jody Harrington, identified on the broadcast as chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Friday that mounting harm to vulnerable Americans is increasing pressure on Senate Democrats to reopen the federal government and allow Congress to finish appropriations work.
Harrington, a Texas Republican, cited repeated rejections of a so-called "clean" continuing resolution and predicted a political shift in the Senate. "A shutdown where they have rejected, 13 times now, a clean CR," he said, adding that the pain of the shutdown is "catching up" with the Democratic Party's political interest.
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