Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) chided Schumer for the abrupt U-turn in a floor speech Friday.
“Last summer, the Appropriations Committee reported out 11 of its 12 bills with bipartisan support. Six of those bills passed out of the committee unanimously,” the Republican leader said.
“But month after month, Leader Schumer found something more important to do than fund the government. And not one – not one – of those 11 bipartisan bills ever came to the floor.”
Thune added that the GOP wasn’t “thrilled” about the funding bill, which was a carry over of the spending levels set by former President Joe Biden during his last year in office, but his conference sense it was the “best option” to prevent a shutdown.