Maloney Statement on Short-Term Budget Vote, Stalemate on Dreamers Legislation

WASHINGTON — Representative Sean Patrick Maloney (NY-18) released the following statement after the Republican-led House of Representatives passed a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) last night to keep the government open. If no funding bill is passed in the Senate by tonight at midnight, the government will shut down. This is the fourth short-term funding bill brought to the floor by GOP leadership since the end of September.  

“Congress has to stop playing games with government funding and with the lives of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers. This is the fourth short-term funding bill Republican leadership has brought to the floor since September, and it’s a shortsighted, lazy way to govern. We have a responsibility to fix the mess the President made when he ended reasonable protections for Dreamers.

“Many of us on both sides of the aisle have worked together on legislation that would permanently fix this problem, and if these bills were brought to the floor today, they would pass with overwhelming bipartisan support. Republican leadership needs to get their act together and work with us.”