Good afternoon, Chicago.
Two top Illinois Democrats, Gov. JB Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, said today that they oppose a Republican-led stopgap measure that would avert a partial government shutdown.
“I refuse to vote for Republicans’ slush fund bill that grants (President Donald) Trump and Elon Musk permission to continue rigging our government and economy against the middle class. … Hell no, I cannot support that,” Duckworth said in a social media post.
The stopgap funding bill has already passed in the House and faces a late deadline tonight in the Senate to avoid a shutdown. While Republicans have a majority in the Senate, they’ll need some Democratic support to advance it with a 60-vote threshold.
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