<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> Minority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) said on Tuesday that it would be &#8220;politically beyond stupid&#8221; if a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government shutdown</a> is allowed to happen before the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 election</a>, suggesting that Republicans would suffer more than Democrats when voters head to the polls.</p>
<p>With a deadline coming up at the end of the month, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-house-of-representatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House</a> Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson</a> (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a> (D-NY) appear to be at odds on what form a continuing resolution (CR) takes, but McConnell refused to make a stand when pressed by a reporter.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/LeaderMcConnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LeaderMcConnell</a>: &quot;The one you cannot have is a government shutdown. It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election because certainly we&#39;d get the blame.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Al0yD8ztLM">pic.twitter.com/Al0yD8ztLM</a></p>
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<p>&#8220;My only observation about this whole discussion is the one thing you cannot have is a government shutdown,&#8221; McConnell said at the U.S. Capitol. &#8220;It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election, because certainly we&#8217;d get the blame.&#8221;</p>
<p>Democrats narrowly control the Senate while Republicans have a small House majority. Either side could emerge from the November election with voters giving them command of one, both, or none of the chambers of Congress. A shutdown could quickly become a new political cudgel.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been here before,&#8221; McConnell went on to say. &#8220;I&#8217;m for whatever avoids a government shutdown, and that&#8217;ll ultimately end up obviously being a discussion between the Democratic leader and the speaker of the House as to how to process avoiding government shutdown.&#8221;</p>
<p>Johnson said earlier the House would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/speaker-presses-on-with-funding-stopgap-linked-to-non-citizen-voting-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proceed</a> with a vote on Wednesday for a six-month CR plus the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8281" target="_blank" rel="noopener">(SAVE) Act</a>, which includes reforms meant to help prevent non-citizens from voting in federal elections. It&#8217;s not clear whether the measure will pass.</p>
<p>President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> already threatened to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-to-ax-gop-proposal-tying-spending-to-bill-requiring-voters-prove-citizenship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">veto</a> the proposal while former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, who is again the GOP presidential nominee, has urged Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-for-govt-shutdown-if-gop-cant-secure-election-integrity-reforms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to allow a shutdown</a> if they cannot secure a short-term spending measure in addition to &#8220;election security&#8221; reforms.</p>
<p>Schumer <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-the-need-to-pass-bipartisan-legislation-to-avoid-an-unnecessary-and-harmful-republican-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> Johnson against proceeding with a six-month CR, suggesting that &#8220;critical programs&#8221; such as the military would suffer under such a lengthy funding patch, and suggested the plan to include the SAVE Act with a stopgap measure would make it &#8220;<a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/news/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-urging-speaker-johnson-to-work-on-a-bipartisan-basis-to-avoid-a-harmful-government-shutdown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">too unworkable</a>.&#8221;</p>

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