Golden statement after voting for continuing resolution, preventing government shutdown

WASHINGTON — Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) today released the following statement after voting for a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 20: 

“Voting ‘yes’ on this stopgap funding bill was the right call to keep the government open and avoid the chaos of a shutdown. But that is the bare minimum of Congress’ responsibility. When the House returns to pass the full budget, lawmakers should skip the brinkmanship and embrace the only approach that has worked for the past two years: a bipartisan agreement based on the Fiscal Responsibility Act’s spending levels that have already been signed into law.” 

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