(Pierre, SD) — Governor Larry Rhoden and 22 Republican governors nationwide are urging the U.S. Senate Democrats to stop holding federal government funding hostage. Yesterday, the coalition issued a statement directed at Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stating that “holding federal government funding hostage is not just a Washington, D.C., debate for political points.” The statement goes on to say that the government shutdown “has real and immediate consequences in every state across America.” The bipartisan funding extension pending Senate approval would end the federal government shutdown that has now entered its tenth day, as of today.

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