{"id":2342477,"date":"2024-09-17T17:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-said-it-would-be-beyond-stupid-to-shutdown-the-government-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-17T17:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T21:25:46","slug":"mcconnell-said-it-would-be-beyond-stupid-to-shutdown-the-government-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-said-it-would-be-beyond-stupid-to-shutdown-the-government-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell said it would be &#8216;beyond stupid\u2019 to shutdown the government &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fmcconnell-said-it-would-be-beyond-stupid-to-shutdown-the-government-washington-examiner%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=2342477&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--><p>Senate Minority Leader \u200cMitch McConnell has asserted that it would \u200dbe &#8220;beyond stupid&#8221; for Congress to allow a\u2062 government shutdown in the lead-up to the November elections, warning that\u200d Republicans would bear the \u2062blame for such a failure. With the deadline for passing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/water-crisis-in-miss-enters-fourth-week\/\" title=\"Water crisis in Miss. enters fourth week\">annual budget<\/a> approaching\u2014funding\u200c expires on September 30\u2014McConnell emphasized the need to avoid any disruptions to government operations as millions of voters \u2062begin early voting. He expressed his intention to see what budget proposal the House will send to the Senate. Meanwhile,\u2064 House Speaker Mike Johnson plans\u200d to hold a\u2064 vote on a \u200bgovernment\u2063 spending proposal that would\u200d likely fail due \u200dto insufficient support among Republicans.\u2063 This proposal aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-gabe-amo-takes-seat-in-house-temporarily-narrowing-johnsons-gop-majority\/\" title=\"Democrat Gabe Amo takes seat in House, temporarily narrowing Johnson&#039;s GOP majority\">maintain \u200dcurrent spending levels<\/a> until March\u200c 2025 while introducing measures regarding voter registration eligibility. The outcome remains uncertain, as previous\u2062 attempts\u2064 to advance similar proposals have faced significant opposition within the Republican party.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">McConnell says it would be &lsquo;beyond stupid&rsquo; to shut down government&nbsp;ahead of election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1762830\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Senate<\/a> Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Senate\">Mitch McConnell (R-KY) <\/a>said it would be &ldquo;beyond stupid&rdquo; to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\" shut the government\"> shut the government<\/a> down ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"November election\">November election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell&rsquo;s comments come as the deadline to pass the annual budget to fund the government is just weeks away. Current funding expires Sept. 30, and without an extension, most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-taps-susan-rice-to-implement-critical-race-theory-in-the-federal-bureaucracy\/\" title=\"Biden Taps Susan Rice to Implement Critical Race Theory in the Federal Bureaucracy\">federal government operations<\/a> would shut down Oct. 1 as millions of voters are already beginning early voting ahead of the election.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think we first have to wait and see what the House sends us. My only observation about this whole discussion is the one thing you cannot have is a government shutdown,&rdquo; McConnell said, speaking to reporters at his weekly press conference on Tuesday. &ldquo;It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that because we&rsquo;d get the blame.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">McConnell says it would be &ldquo;beyond stupid&rdquo; to do a government shutdown right now before an election and that the Republicans would get the blame for it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kHVYgsCyIJ\">pic.twitter.com\/kHVYgsCyIJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamanthaJoRoth\/status\/1836112348521668762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3156651\/johnson-pushes-vote-stopgap-government-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has indicated<\/a> he plans to move forward with a vote on Wednesday on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3150854\/house-gop-scraps-vote-government-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>government spending proposal<\/a> even though the legislation is likely to fail on the floor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3155412\/house-gop-woke-week-spending-bill-limbo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>due to a lack of support<\/a> among Republican lawmakers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3149062\/senate-gop-delivers-blow-mike-johnson-government-spending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-tries-again-on-stopgap-government-spending-bill-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Johnson tries again on stopgap government spending bill - Washington Examiner\">extend current government spending levels<\/a><\/a> until the end of March 2025. It would also attach the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/8281\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>SAVE<\/a>, Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not clear whether the legislation has enough support to advance the House, which was a concern Johnson faced last week, when the speaker pulled it from consideration due to a lack of support from nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been here before. I&rsquo;m for whatever avoids the government shutdown, and that&rsquo;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,&rdquo; McConnell added. <\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has waded into the funding fight, which could further complicate discussions. The GOP presidential nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113114568252208569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has said <\/a>if Republicans don&rsquo;t receive &ldquo;absolute assurances&rdquo; on election security, they should not pass a government stopgap measure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If the House is unable to pass the bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has indicated the upper chamber may move forward with its own clean continuing resolution to extend&nbsp;funding into mid-December.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schumer said he hopes Johnson will begin to engage in joint conversations with the Senate regarding funding the government later this week.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The way to get this done is bipartisan, bicameral,&rdquo; Schumer said, speaking to reporters on Tuesday. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve told that to Speaker Johnson as we told it to Speaker McCarthy before. And we hope after this vote, he will sit down and negotiate a bipartisan, bicameral bill.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1762830\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762830\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that it would be &#8220;beyond stupid&#8221; to initiate a government shutdown before the November election. His remarks come as the deadline for passing the annual budget approaches, with current funding set to expire on September 30. If an extension is not granted, most federal operations would cease on October 1, coinciding with early voting for millions of voters. During a press conference on Tuesday, McConnell emphasized that a government shutdown is unacceptable and warned that Republicans would bear the blame if it occurred. <\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) plans to hold a vote on his government spending proposal Wednesday, despite anticipated failure due to insufficient support from Republican lawmakers. This proposal aims to maintain current spending levels until March 2025 and includes the SAVE Act, which mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration. Johnson previously withdrew this legislation from consideration last week due to lack of backing from several Republican members.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell expressed his desire to avoid a shutdown and indicated that discussions between Democratic leaders and House leadership are essential in finding a solution. Former President Donald Trump has also entered the debate over funding, complicating negotiations by insisting on &#8220;absolute assurances&#8221; regarding election security before supporting any temporary funding measures.<\/p>\n<p>If the House fails to pass its bill, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggested that the Senate might pursue its own straightforward continuing resolution extending funding through mid-December. Schumer expressed hope that Johnson will engage in bipartisan discussions about government funding later this week, reiterating that collaboration between both parties is necessary for progress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2342478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/McConnell-senate-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39629,5194,4133,5894,32076],"class_list":["post-2342477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-government-shutdown","tag-mcconnell","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/McConnell-senate-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}