Schumer clashes with liberal colleagues over House GOP funding bill

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

25% : Warren argued the House bill would give President Trump and Elon Musk "a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
24% : " Slotkin, who won election to the Senate last year in a state that Trump carried, also announced late Thursday evening that she would vote against the House bill.
18% : " She noted it would cut nondefense spending programs by $15 billion in 2025 and argued it would hand "a blank check to Trump and Elon Musk to pick winners and losers and steal from our constituents.
17% : He warned that a shutdown "would give Donald Trump and Elon Musk carte blanche to destroy vital government services at a significantly faster rate than they can right now."
12% : Liberals including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are spearheading calls to vote against the House proposal, which would make cuts to nondefense programs and wouldn't prevent Trump from shifting around funding to favor his own priorities.

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