OMB Dir. Vought: Democrats’ $1.5 Trillion Demand Is ‘Hostage Taking’ and It’s Unacceptable

Vought: “We want to keep this government open. It is not good for the American people to have the government shut down for any period of time. We will manage it appropriately. But it is — it is something that can all be avoided. It can all be avoided by accepting a reasonable position, which is what the House has passed and which sits at the Senate desk, which is to continue to fund the government with a short-term continuing resolution. It has never been a viewpoint that $1.5 trillion is a reasonable amount of spending to be included on a short-term CR. This is hostage taking. It is not something that we are going to accept. And we hope that the Democrats come back from the brink, fund this government and allow us to move forward. Thank you.”