For Immediate Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Christian Employers Alliance (CEA), representing hundreds of Christian-owned businesses and tens of thousands of employees nationwide, is calling on Congress to immediately pass the clean continuing resolution (CR) and avoid the unnecessary government shutdown caused by partisan obstruction.
The truth is simple: the clean CR currently before Congress is not a new or radical proposal – it merely extends the budget levels previously negotiated and enacted. While CEA believes significant reforms to federal spending, priorities, and programs are urgently needed, this temporary measure is the responsible path forward to keep the government open, protect essential services, and allow lawmakers to continue negotiating those reforms without disrupting the lives of millions of Americans.
Unfortunately, rather than join Republicans and a growing coalition of responsible leaders to pass the CR, Democrats are refusing to support it. Instead, they are trying to use this moment to force new, far-left policy demands – including taxpayer-funded healthcare for work-ready adults and illegal immigrants – that have nothing to do with keeping the government running.
CEA has spent months coordinating meetings between our members – employers, entrepreneurs, and job creators – and their elected officials. These meetings were meant to provide small business owners and Christian leaders a direct opportunity to share their challenges, discuss regulatory burdens, and engage in the policymaking process. If Democrats continue their games, those meetings will have to be canceled, costing these employers both time and money and robbing them of a valuable chance to be heard by their government.
CEA President Margaret Iuculano issued the following statement:
“Passing a clean continuing resolution simply keeps the government functioning under the same terms already negotiated during the Biden administration while giving Congress time to work through needed reforms. The fact that Democrats would rather force a shutdown than accept their own previously approved spending levels is proof that this is not about policy – it’s about politics. Their refusal to act is harming families, businesses, and communities across America, all while they pack their bags for a political retreat in wine country. The American people deserve better.”
CEA urges Congress to pass the clean CR immediately, keep government open, and continue negotiations on long-term spending reforms through the normal appropriations process – without holding the American people hostage to partisan demands.
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