Lindsey GrahamVerified account

Everyone is convinced they’ll win – but in reality, nobody wins in a government shutdown. The ‘blame game’ makes for great Washington theater, but doesn’t serve the needs of the nation.

Our military, which desperately needs additional funding as they are already scraping by, doesn’t win. American people who expect the government to be functioning and operating don’t win. Cynicism about the ability of Congress & Pres to solve problems increases even further.

Simply put, there’s no reason to shut the government down and no reason to continue this chaos for the next 30 days.

Continuing resolutions are devastating to our military. As @DeptofDefense Gen Mattis said this morning - no enemy in the field has done more to harm the readiness of the U.S. military than the combination of defense spending cuts and continuing resolutions. He’s exactly right.

We could easily pass a continuing resolution – which lasts days (certainly more than the four proposed by the Senate Minority Leader) and less than the 30 days passed by the House of Representatives – to close the deal on outstanding issues which remain.