Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party would block a Republican spending bill to avert a government shutdown on Saturday and urged the GOP to accept a Democratic plan to provide funding through April 11 instead.

But such a move would risk shifting some of the blame for an increasingly shaky US economy from Trump onto the rival party US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party would block a spending bill to avert a government shutdown on Saturday and urged Republicans to accept a Democratic plan to provide a month of interim funding instead.

Dozens of House Democrats sent a letter to Schumer on Friday to express their “strong opposition” to his plan to back the Republican measure