As Capitol Hill digs out from the weekend snow this week, the Senate is setting up for another standoff over government funding after federal agents shot and killed a Minneapolis resident on Saturday.
The bipartisan path forward for a package of six appropriation bills, including funding for the Department of Homeland Security, quickly evaporated on Saturday after the shooting. Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday that Democrats would oppose the package unless the DHS bill is revamped.
“Senate Republicans must work with Democrats to advance the other five funding bills while we work to rewrite the DHS bill,” Schumer said. “This is best course of action, and the American people are on our side.”
