WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate is expected to vote on funding the federal government. Chuck Schumer’s hand-picked candidate in Maine, Janet Mills (D-ME), would be just another vote for Schumer’s reckless shutdown. Senate Democrats’ radical demands include $1.5 trillion in new spending, free healthcare for illegal immigrants, and cutting $50 billion in funding for rural hospitals provided by the Working Family Tax Cuts.
“Janet Mills knows a government shutdown would hurt Mainers by leaving military families without pay and putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy,” said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Samantha Cantrell. “Mills has gladly pushed her radical agenda on Mainers for decades, and it would be no surprise if she stood with Schumer to hold the government hostage for a radical wishlist like free healthcare for illegal immigrants and cutting $50 billion in rural healthcare funding.”
Janet Mills is Chuck Schumer’s hand-picked candidate. Schumer’s Shutdown would:
- Leave military families without pay
- Put law enforcement lives on the line
- Jeopardize flood insurance for millions of Americans during hurricane season
- Threaten vital healthcare and housing programs for veterans
- Allow funding for a critical Medicare patients’ treatment program to expire
- Hurt farmers and ranchers who need certainty to produce our food
- Drive up food prices for America’s most needy families
Democrats are demanding $1.5 trillion in spending increases to end the shutdown and:
- Cut $50 billion in rural health care funding
- Restore Biden-era free healthcare for illegal aliens
- Expand taxpayer-funded Medicaid to unemployed, able-bodied individuals without dependents under 14 years old
- Eliminate Republican-passed fraud protections for taxpayer benefits like Medicaid and SNAP
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