JOINT STATEMENT: Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan Help Forge Agreement to Reopen the Government as Part of Bipartisan Working Group

WASHINGTON – Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan released the following statement on the bipartisan agreement they helped negotiate to reopen the government and move forward on key priorities:

“We have worked with a group of more than twenty senators – both Republicans and Democrats – to reach a bipartisan agreement to reopen the government, continue the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and move forward on critical priorities including strengthening our military, stepping up efforts to combat the opioid crisis, providing funding for community health centers, and protecting Dreamers. Our negotiations, once again, affirmed that there is substantial common ground on every one of these issues, and while we still have more work to do, this agreement gives us time to hammer out the details. We are grateful to our Republican colleague Susan Collins of Maine for convening these bipartisan talks, and to all the members of this common sense caucus for working with us to find common ground.”       

Senators Shaheen and Hassan have been working throughout the weekend with a bipartisan group of senators to forge a deal to reopen the government. The re-formed common-sense caucus, organized by Senator Susan Collins, reached an agreement earlier today which broke the logjam over government funding. Senator Shaheen also participated in the caucus during the 2013 government shutdown.

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