WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Tom Udall issued the following statement today after the Senate passed a three-week Continuing Resolution to avert a government shutdown:
"Congress cannot continue to shirk its responsibilities and I will be hard-pressed to support another short-term budget extension. Our inability to set a path forward for the remainder of the fiscal year is having a real impact in New Mexico and across the country. As a consequence of the uncertainty, agencies and small businesses are being forced to plan for a possible shutdown and the result is job loss. We must forge a compromise on a long-term plan as quickly as possible so that we can get back to work growing the U.S. economy."
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