Many Republicans think GOP lawmakers’ new continuing resolution budget proposal that would also defund Obamacare is a bad idea, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said Thursday at a press conference alongside Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA).
The New York Democrat said that he believes there’s a “widespread view among” Republican lawmakers that the proposal “is a dumb idea.”
Ultra-conservatives don’t have the numbers on their own to pass the proposal, Schumer said.
“The fact is the hard right doesn’t have the numbers to stand on their own,” Schumer said.
Schumer added that there’s a strong incentive for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to instead push a continuing resolution proposal that does not defund Obamacare.
“Speaker Boehner will end up doing the right thing sooner or later,” Schumer said. “It would be better for him, his party and his country if he did something sooner.”
