{"id":2021220,"date":"2023-09-04T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-says-schumer-is-pushing-for-a-government-shutdown-as-a-strategy-to-hang-on-to-us-senate\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T06:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T10:29:56","slug":"blackburn-says-schumer-is-pushing-for-a-government-shutdown-as-a-strategy-to-hang-on-to-us-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-says-schumer-is-pushing-for-a-government-shutdown-as-a-strategy-to-hang-on-to-us-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn accuses Schumer of seeking a government shutdown to retain control of the US Senate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblackburn-says-schumer-is-pushing-for-a-government-shutdown-as-a-strategy-to-hang-on-to-us-senate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021220&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. \u2062Marsha \u200dBlackburn Accuses Sen. Chuck Schumer of \u2062Plotting Government Shutdown to Maintain Senate Majority<\/h2>\n<p>According \u200dto Sen.\u200b Marsha Blackburn \u200b(R-TN), Sen. \u2063Chuck\u2063 Schumer (D-NY)\u2064 is allegedly orchestrating a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-makes-case-for-why-we-should-not-fear-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"GOP Congressman Argues Against Fear of Government Shutdown\">government\u2063 shutdown<\/a> \u200cin\u2064 an effort to\u200d secure his position as Senate majority leader. With the\u2062 upcoming Congressional election on \u200cthe horizon, the Republican Party aims to gain control of the Senate and retain its majority in the House of Representatives.\u2064 Blackburn\u2064 asserts\u2062 that\u200b Schumer \u2063is \u2062the driving\u2063 force behind the push for a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/goya-ceo-if-we-shut-down-this-economy-its-the-beginning-of-the-end\/\" title=\"Goya CEO: If We Shut Down This Economy, It\u2019s The \u201cBeginning Of The End\u201d\">government shutdown<\/a>, as it would aid his bid \u2064to remain in\u200c power until 2025, a feat Blackburn \u200bdeems \u2064&#8221;very difficult&#8221; to achieve.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing Inflation and Taking Power from \u200cthe White \u200bHouse<\/h3>\n<p>Blackburn emphasizes that Senate and House Republicans are actively working to\u2062 pass spending \u2062bills to curb inflation \u2062and diminish the influence of the White House. She highlights \u200dthe impact of inflation on everyday \u2062Americans, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-says-schumer-is-pushing-for-a-government-shutdown-as-a-strategy-to-hang-on-to-us-senate\/\" title=\"Blackburn accuses Schumer of seeking a government shutdown to retain control of the US Senate.\">citing rising gas prices<\/a> and \u200bthe increasing \u2062cost of \u200cgroceries. The Tennessee senator believes that tackling inflation \u200dis a crucial step\u200c in\u2064 wresting power\u200d away from the\u2063 White \u200cHouse, and she advocates for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prime-minister-netanyahu-israel-is-targeting-a-terrorist-organization\/\" title=\"Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel is targeting a terrorist organization\">passing bills<\/a> to \u200daddress\u200b this issue before resorting to a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<h3>Schumer&#8217;s Plea \u200dto\u2064 Avoid\u2062 a \u2063Harmful Government Shutdown<\/h3>\n<p>In a recent \u2062&#8221;Dear Colleague&#8221; letter, Schumer \u200bcommended\u2064 Appropriations Chairwoman \u2064Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice \u200bChairwoman Susan Collins (R-ME) for successfully passing 12 bills\u2064 to \u2062fund the government before the Senate recessed in July. The New York senator urged the Republican-controlled House to follow suit and pass their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-democrats-what-republicans-will-do-if-democrats-end-filibuster-would-be-childs-play\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Democrats What Republicans Will Do If Democrats End Filibuster: \u2018Would Be Child\u2019s Play\u2019\">appropriations bills<\/a> to prevent a detrimental and \u200dunnecessary government \u2062shutdown. Schumer expressed his concern over the potential brinkmanship and hostage-taking that occurred\u2063 earlier \u2063in the year, when House\u2062 Republicans pushed the country to the brink of default to appease the \u200dextreme members of their\u200d party.<\/p>\n<h3>Government Shutdown \u2064and its\u200b Implications for Impeachment \u2063Proceedings<\/h3>\n<p>The looming government shutdown poses a potential \u200bobstacle for House Republicans in their pursuit of impeaching President Joe Biden, a demand echoed by several Republican \u2064lawmakers,\u2063 including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene \u2062(R-GA). \u2063House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has affirmed\u200c his commitment \u2064to not bypass a \u2063floor vote to initiate an impeachment inquiry \u2063into\u2062 Biden, which would require 218\u200d votes to transfer the \u2062impeachment trial to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) accused Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of aiming to cause a government shutdown to secure his U.S. Senate position. 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