Schumer coins ‘Trump shut­down,’ slam­ming GOP amid spend­ing fight

Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader Chuck Schumer, D‑N.Y., placed blame on for­mer Pres­i­dent Trump and Repub­li­cans for a poten­tial par­tial gov­ern­ment shut­down after the House failed to pass a stop­gap spend­ing mea­sure on Wednes­day. He filed clo­ture on Thurs­day in a pro­ce­dur­al move in order to act as quick­ly as pos­si­ble once the House pass­es a con­tin­u­ing res­o­lu­tion (CR), which is a short-term mea­sure that would keep spend­ing lev­els steady. “By fil­ing today, I am giv­ing the Sen­ate max­i­mum flex­i­bilit …