It's time the Speaker moves on.
Sadly, time is not a luxury that Congress has right
now.
Today is September 19th.
The government shutdown is September 30th.
That's 11 days away.
And instead of doing the bipartisan work everyone knows is
required for avoiding a shutdown, the House Republican leadership has
wasted two weeks, 2 weeks, listening to Donald Trump's ridiculous
claims on the campaign trail.
Now that their efforts have failed, House Republicans don't seem
to have any plan for actually keeping the government open.
So the Senate will step in.
Later today, I'll file cloture on a legislative vehicle that
will will enable us to prevent a Trump shutdown in
the event that Speaker Johnson does not work with us
in a bipartisan, bicameral manner.