I’m infuriated, as are Mainers who depend on critical services, with what we’ve seen in the past week—Congress bringing the federal government to the brink of shutdown (2/5) #mepolitics
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The House voted to keep the government open and avert a shutdown, with the support of Democrats and Republicans. 60 votes are needed to pass a bill in the Senate. Neither party has that many seats in the Senate (3/5)
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Put simply: a government shutdown CANNOT be blamed on a single party—this is a problem that Democrats and Republicans share (4/5)
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I’ve said that a shutdown would be a failure in leadership. Failure in leadership in both parties—but particularly in the Senate—has brought us to this point, and it is unacceptable (5/5)
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Republicans including another Corporate Tax Cut in the funding bill to give Medical Device corporations an extra hand out is ludicrous!
@GOP Adding more to Republican $1.5 Trillion Deficit tab! ENOUGH!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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You should know about playing with fire, you voted YES on the
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Ugh, with no concern about the growth of of government, absolutely no concern about the debt/ slavery you saddle future generations with. Start making accross the board cuts- stop pretending your concerned about debt. It’s election season you have pockets to fill.
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Bruce, we need to get along and stop fighting!! This is ruining our country.H.R.632 has 232 cosponsors which you are one and have been supporting us for a long time and we thank you!! 184 cosponsors are Democrats and 45 are Republicans why is there such unbalanced support?
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