Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire answered evasively on Thursday when âSquawk Boxâ co-host Joe Kernen asked her if Democrats were trying to take Republicans âto the cleanersâ in negotiations over a short-term funding resolution.
President Donald Trump cancelled a meeting with Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Tuesday over what he called âridiculousâ demands regarding the continuing resolution. Kernan questioned Shaheen about those demands after Shaheen urged Republicans to negotiate on the legislation.
âIf we really are bluntly honest about it, are there other things⌠that Senator Schumer and Democrats want to load this up with?â Kernen asked. âYou know, give them an inch and theyâll take a mile? Would it be possible just to get what you want? And if you did offer that, would there be some openings on the Republican side? Or is the problem, you know, is the problem that⌠some of your colleagues on the Democratic side are asking for too many things and they wonât, they wonât agree to whittle it just down to what you want?â
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âI know that Sen. Johnson⌠doesnât even want to do this. He thinks that thereâs fraud and that, you know, there are some Republicans that just donât want to do what youâre talking about, but others are ready to do it,â Kernen said. âThey just donât want to get, you know, taken, taken to the cleaners with a bunch of other things.â
Democrats have demanded over $1 trillion in funding for various priorities, including restoring funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which will shut down after its funding was clawed back in a rescissions package passed in July.
âWell, you know, I had a roundtable yesterday with a number of small business owners in New Hampshire who rely on those tax credits to help make sure their employees get health insurance and who themselves rely on it,â Shaheen responded, before digressing to discuss tariffs, prompting Kernen to press her about not answering the question directly.
âBut youâre not answeringâŚâ Kernen said before Shaheen admitted, âIâm not answering your question because I think itâs a bigger I think itâs a bigger problem that youâre not acknowledging.â
Although the House passed a continuing resolution on Friday, efforts in the Senate have stalled, with a Democratic proposal failing to pass.
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