Blackburn blames Schumer for looming government shutdown ahead of Senate return

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is being blamed by Sen. Marsha Blackburn for potentially causing a government shutdown as a political move to help him retain the Democrat majority in the Senate.

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