Senate Republican predicts Democrats will shut down government ‘right before the midterms’
The Hill
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) predicted on the Senate floor that his Democratic colleagues will find a reason to block funding legislation and trigger another government shutdown “right before the midterms” to sow chaos in Washington before Election Day. “I think my Democratic friends are going to shut down the government right before the midterms,” Kennedy…
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