The Hill News

Sen. Charles Schumer's (D-N.Y.) spokesman said Tuesday he has no problem with the senator's overheard advice for his colleagues to call Republicans "extreme."

Brian Fallon tweeted:

We have no problem with reporters overhearing Senator Schumer calling the House Republicans' budget extreme because that's what it is.

Reporters on a conference call heard the outspoken senator tell other lawmakers before it officially began, "I always use the word 'extreme' ... That is what the caucus instructed me to use this week."

! Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are currently deadlocked over a proposal to fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year and avert a government shutdown.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said the comments were "not helpful" to the negotiations.