WASHINGTON — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker expressed pride in his party’s leadership over their handling of the government shutdown fight, which has left a torrent of government workers without pay .

The Garden State Democrat, who has repeatedly voted against GOP-backed, bipartisan legislation to reopen the government, faulted Republicans for not caving to his party’s demands on healthcare policy.

“ I am proud of those people who are standing up right now and saying, we’re not doing business as usual in Washington with this many millions of Americans are literally going to be hurt,” Booker told ABC News’ “This Week” when asked if Democratic leadership should do more to end the shutdown.

“We are in a crisis. We need a president to stand up and bring us together to help to solve the pr

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