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This bipartisan deal is not perfect, but it prevents another wasteful and unnecessary government shutdown that hurts our economy and holds the paychecks of hundreds of thousands of government employees and contractors hostage.
Instead of forcing federal workers and their families to once again go without pay, this deal gives them a well-deserved cost-of-living increase.
It increases our investments in infrastructure, public health and environmental safety and it provides local communities with more resources to address the opioid epidemic.
This bipartisan deal responsibly includes funding to secure our border with the use of 21st century technology w/out wasting billions on the medieval border wall Donald Trump promised Mexico would pay for. I urge the President to sign it into law ASAP to prevent another shutdown.
I hope he backs down from his reckless threat to engage in an unprecedented abuse of presidential power by wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on a made-up national emergency that will likely be blocked by the courts. duckworth.senate.gov/news/press-rel…
