CPC Leadership Urge Speaker Boehner to Work with Democrats to Avoid Shutdown

Statement

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), 1st Vice Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), along with CPC Co-Chairs, U.S. Reps. Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ), sent a letter today to Speaker John Boehner urging him to work with Congressional Democrats in order to avoid another government shutdown. There are currently only five legislative days left for Speaker Boehner to find a solution to keep the government open.

"We seem to have short memories here in Congress, but the last time the Tea Party engineered a government shutdown, our economy lost $24 billion and 120,000 jobs," said Rep. Pocan. "As a member of the Budget Committee and a small business owner for nearly 30 years, I know businesses and workers across the country struggle to cope with this continual fiscal uncertainty and legislative chaos. Our economic growth should not be jeopardized because a small number of right wing extremists want to cut access to health care services for millions of Americans. Forcing a government shutdown is not the action of responsible adults and I urge Speaker Boehner to work with Democrats to keep our government open. It's time for Congress to grow up."

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