Tonight, House Republicans gave in to pressure from the president and jeopardized our government’s stability. The Senate already passed a bipartisan funding measure, but House Republicans refused to bring that bill to the floor. Instead, they offered their own version of the bill, which included $5 billion for the president’s wasteful border wall. I voted against this legislation, not just because of the inclusion of the excessive border wall funding, but because this is not ...how our government should function. In the 11th hour, after many compromises had been made in order to produce a robust and essential funding bill, the president pulled the rug out from under us, and House Republicans – a majority of whom supported the bill just hours before – fell in line. They’re willing to shut down the government to avoid challenging the president. But, we weren’t sent to Washington to work for the president. We were sent here to work for the American people.