Republicans accuse Dems of wanting ‘Schumer shutdown’ as spending bill vote looms [Video]

Republicans are ramping up pressure on Senate Democrats ahead of a vote on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to keep the government open, even dubbing a potential funding lapse as a “Schumer shutdown.”

“If they want to shut it down, it’s on them,” Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told reporters. “That’ll be a Schumer shutdown.”

Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., recently stressed this point in an op-ed for Fox News, writing, “If there is a shutdown, it will be driven by and directed by the Democrats.”

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Earlier in the week, House Republicans passed a short-term spending bill, called a continuing resolution (CR), which would keep spending levels the same as fiscal year 2024 until Oct. 1. If a spending bill is not passed by Friday, the government will enter into a partial shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., took to the chamber floor on Wednesday and said, “Republicans do not have …