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GOVERNMENT FUNDING
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, now on a related matter, yesterday evening, Senator Shelby and I introduced a continuing resolution that could pass the Senate and prevent a government shutdown. Our legislation would fund the government through December. It would restore the defensive assistance for our ally Israel that House Democrats stripped out to appease some of the worst elements of the far left.
As one frustrated Democratic Congressman stated yesterday, ``A missile defense system [like] Iron Dome defends civilians from missiles. Hence the name. Only in a morally inverted universe would this be considered a `controversy.' '' That is a House Democrat describing the action yesterday of House Democrats.
Our bill also removes the debt limit language that Democrats have known since July--since July--will not receive bipartisan support from Senate Republicans. As one of my colleagues put it succinctly, if Washington Democrats want to jam through trillions of dollars in reckless spending all by themselves, they can raise the debt limit all by themselves. If they want to do one, they will need to do the other. To do one, if they need to do one, they will do the other. It is that simple.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 164
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