[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 12, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1690]
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                           Government Funding

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, funding the government should be a 
bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path drafting their 
continuing resolution without any input--any input--from congressional 
Democrats.
  Because of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to 
invoke cloture on the House CR. Our caucus is unified on a clean April 
11 CR that will keep the government open and give Congress time to 
negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass.
  We should vote on that. I hope--I hope--our Republican colleagues 
will join us to avoid a shutdown on Friday.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic whip.