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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Another Harmful Funding Proposal Brings Government Closer to Shutdown

Press Release

Date: Sept. 29, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard today voted against another harmful funding bill that would maintain arbitrary budget cuts and bring the government closer to a shutdown. The amendments passed by a vote of 248-174 and 231-192.

"A vote for today's funding bill is a vote for a government shutdown," said Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. "This bill maintains harmful, across-the-board budget cuts and includes amendments which will not pass the Senate or get the President's signature. We need a reasonable, workable solution, not partisan games that will hurt hard-working families all across Hawai"i and our country. We have many issues that deserve our attention and urgent challenges to tackle in Congress, but holding our economy and our federal government hostage is not the way to address them."

The House-passed funding bill now goes to the Senate, where Democratic leaders have said they will reject the measure. If a compromise is not reached by Monday at midnight, a government shutdown will begin on Tuesday, October 1.


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