Schumer calls Trump administration budget proposal ‘lopsided’ in call for bipartisan funding bills

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) early Monday called on Senate Republicans to work with Democrats to address what he called President Trump’s “lopsided” spending priorities and pass bipartisan spending bills to avoid a government shutdown. Schumer criticized Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) for bringing the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the…