Romney Blasts House GOP Plot To Shut Down Govt

The Hill reports:

House conservatives’ threats of a government shutdown are getting a chilly reception from Senate Republicans as they try to temper expectations for what GOP priorities they can achieve amid a looming deadline. “I think it’s better to figure this out before the end of the fiscal year and rather than engage in that sort of self destructive behavior,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said this week, telling reporters “nobody wants to shut down.”

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) questioned the strategy on Wednesday, saying: “The question should be what comes after you shut down the government? And the answer has always been ‘Well, we’ll reopen it again,’” Romney told The Hill. “And of course, we reopen it at great expense, great inconvenience for the American people, and have accomplished nothing other than making a big noise.”

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