Kaine, Warner say they will oppose House funding bill

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Source: The Hill

Virginia's Democratic senators say they will oppose the House plan to fund the government, putting the bill on an increasingly uphill path in the Senate.

"We oppose the House Continuing Resolution, which punts budget discussions until mid-February," Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine said in a joint statement Thursday.

"Republican leadership has to get serious about finding a budget deal and quit relying on short-term patches."

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has almost no room for error to pass the funding bill through his chamber, assuming it first passes the House

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/369542-kaine-warner-say-they-will-oppose-house-funding-bill

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I just called my two Maryland democratic senators to oppose the house funding bill



November 2018 cannot get here fast enough

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