House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and several key Democrats are urging Senate Democrats to risk a government shutdown by opposing a must-pass spending bill being considered on the Senate floor today.

Nancy Pelosi is calling on her fellow Democrats in the Senate to defy Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and vote against a GOP-backed bill. The post Nancy Pelosi Calls on Democratic Senators to Defy Chuck Schumer and Vote Against GOP Funding Bill: ‘We Must Fight Back’ first appeared on Mediaite.

The Senate voted 62 to 38 Friday evening to advance a GOP spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown set to occur Saturday at 12:01 a.m. Nine Senate Democrats joined Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to vote “yes” on the cloture vote to advance the stopgap government funding bill that will fund government operations through