{"id":31320,"date":"2023-10-05T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T00:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/heinrich-wants-to-keep-federal-government-open-to-pass-symbolic-bills\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T01:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:38:34","slug":"heinrich-wants-to-keep-federal-government-open-to-pass-symbolic-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/heinrich-wants-to-keep-federal-government-open-to-pass-symbolic-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich wants to keep federal government open to pass symbolic bills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=84c3fba8-d56d-5891-b38a-e1c921b1f71f&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks during a media availability on Capitol Hill on Sept. 12 in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein\/The Associated Press)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., speaks during a media availability on Capitol Hill on Sept. 12 in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein\/The Associated Press)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Mark Schiefelbein<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., is happy the U.S. Senate voted on a bill it hopes will prevent a government shutdown. He celebrated the passage of a continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeeping the government open today with responsible spending levels is a victory for the American people,\u201d Heinrich said in a news release. \u201cIt\u2019s also important to understand that this was a monumental defeat for Speaker McCarthy and the most extreme elements in the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut our job is not done. Now we must return to crafting responsible bipartisan government funding bills and redouble our efforts to pass a more robust support package for our allies in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement came a week after Heinrich blasted House Republicans for being willing to have a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that the costs of a government shutdown are too high,\u201d Heinrich said in a release. \u201cPast shutdowns have raised interest rates, reduced economic output, and jeopardized government benefits \u2013 impacts that our recovering economy simply cannot afford. And depending on how long this drags on, this shutdown could even precipitate a recession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a job to do, and the only way forward is to pass bipartisan spending bills to fund the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the Republicans\u2019 government shut down averted, Heinrich returned to his priorities.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden signed a bill renaming the Gallup Community-Based Outpatient Clinic the Hiroshi \u201cHershey\u201d Miyamura VA Clinic; it was named for a late Medal of Honor recipient who served in World War II and the Korean War, the Senator announced in a news release this week.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he introduced legislation to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. The bill would eliminate all instances of Columbus Day from federal law and regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederally designating Indigenous Peoples Day honors the strength and resilience of Tribal Nations while we continue our efforts to uplift Tribal communities and support Tribal sovereignty,\u201d Heinrich said in a release. \u201cI\u2019m proud to stand with Tribes and Pueblos who have led the way to reframe this national holiday to honor all of the significant contributions and diverse cultures of Tribal communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018The only way forward is to pass bipartisan spending bills to fund the government\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-31320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81397,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31320\/revisions\/81397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31320"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=31320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}