Senate Democrats should block consideration of any bills unrelated to opening the government until Sen. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans allow a vote on the bipartisan bills the House passed to open the government. Mitch, don’t delay. Let’s vote!

— Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) January 5, 2019

Agreed. This isn’t business as usual. This is a crisis, a fundamental failure to govern, and Americans are suffering for it.

The Senate should not take up any bills unrelated to reopening the government until @SenateMajLdr lets us vote on exactly that. #Shutdown https://t.co/IUiJLWP68R

— Senator Ben Cardin (@SenatorCardin) January 6, 2019

Excellent. Now both Senator Cardin and Senator Van Hollen are committing to play hardball until McConnell agrees to a vote on the House budget. We need 41 of the 47 Senate Dems to pull this off. If you’ve got a Dem Senator, call tomorrow & ask them to join:[no phone numbers allowed]. https://t.co/NszuxBLAOs

— Ezra Levin (@ezralevin) January 6, 2019