EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 El Paso Congresswoman Veronica Escobar posted a video on her Facebook page stating she will vote “no” on the Senate funding bill that is set to reopen the government. <\/p>\n
In her video, she stated that the Senate bill is “an absolute failure.”<\/p>\n
She states the bill fails to address “critical needs.”<\/p>\n
Escobar provided the following statement:<\/p>\n
It should now be abundantly clear to everyone in our country that Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans do not care that Americans are struggling – that grocery bills, utility bills and health insurance costs are unacceptably high. In fact, they\u2019ve shown that they will go to any lengths to strip hardworking Americans of the help they need to survive; even using the full might of the Department of Justice to ensure hungry families, including over 67,000 households in El Paso, don\u2019t have the means to put food on the table. For 42 days, Trump and Republicans have refused to meet with us to negotiate, and today, I will vote against a plan that does nothing to prevent healthcare premiums from skyrocketing at a time when Americans are in crisis and the cost of living is already too expensive. Democrats refuse to turn a blind eye to Americans’ hardship, and we will continue to fight for you.<\/p>\n
The House will reconvene at 12 p.m. on Wednesday and is expected to vote on reopening the government.<\/p>\n
The House procedural vote on the Senate-passed deal to reopen the government will take place around 5 p.m., with a vote on the passage expected around 7 p.m., according to a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer.<\/p>\n
The funding bill that finally passed the Senate after 40 days advanced through the House Rules Committee late last night.<\/p>\n
All Republicans supported the bill, while all Democrats opposed it.<\/p>\n
Now, the bill is moving to be considered in front of the full House on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, reaching a historic 42 days.<\/p>\n