McConnell Says GOP Won’t Allow Government Shut Down

The Senate Republican leader says shutting down the government is harmful to the country.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is followed by reporters as he leaves the office of Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) at the Capitol Building in Washington on Feb. 26, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that GOP lawmakers in the upper chamber are “not going to allow the government to shut down.”

He made the comment to reporters before entering the Senate chamber at the start of a week in which lawmakers will labor to reach a deal to fund the government beyond Friday. Without the deal, a partial government shutdown may occur.