Schumer’s Bid To Shut Down Government Exposes Democratic Fissures

The Senate democrats blocked a pure expansion of state funding late in the evening on Tuesday, but a handful of democrats allocated a minority leader in Senate Chuck Shumer in an attempt to prevent an impending government.

Three members of the Democratic Assembly – Senv. John Fetterman From Pennsylvania, Katherine Cortes Masto from Nevada and Angus, the king from the state of Maine – voted for the Republicans for financing the government. Bill costs for bipartisan expenses for the same could not Clean the threshold of 60 votes of the upper chamber during voting from 55 to 45. (Related: Democrats who voted against financing the government are suddenly hysterical about the disconnection of “harm”, disconnected)

Voting emphasized the internal disagreements among the Senate democrats regarding that to immerse the country in the closure of the government. The trio noticeably voted with Schumer to prevent the fall in state funding in March.

“[I] It cannot support the expensive closure of the government, which will damage Nevada’s families and presented even greater power to this reckless administration, ”Cortes Masto said partially in the statement after the vote.

Republican Senator Kentukki Rand Paul voted for this measure to the democrats, citing inability to reduce costs.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that, in his opinion, the disconnection probably gives the democrats to support the Semindeo measure of Stopg to temporarily finance the government until November 21.

The leader of the majority in the Senate John Tun attributed members of the Democratic Assembly supporting the bill on the expenses of the Republican Party as a vivid example of intra -party dissent with the intention of Sumer to close the government.

“I think that there is a recognition that the strategy that the Democrat’s leadership uses here is wrong,” Tong said during a press conference after voting. “We will have a few more votes, and we will see where the Democrats came.”

Washington, County of Colombia-29. The leader of the majority in the Senate John Tun (R-SD) goes to the Senate wards for voting in the Capitol of the United States on September 29, 2025 in Washington, the District of Colombia. (Photo by Anna Maniter/Getty Images)

Government financing will expire on Wednesday at 12:01 if the Senate does not approve the financing measure that is promoted by the house to the deadline. Until now, leading democrats have given an idea that they are ready to close the government if the legislators of the Republican Party and Trump do not agree with their various requirements.

Schumer Hardball Tactics in the current struggle for financing are a sharp departure from its decision to work with the Republicans to finance the government in March. This step caused the anger of his Democrats colleagues, revealed intra -party disagreements and caused talk about the competitive primary problem when he was preparing for re -election in 2028.

Council of financing may have far -reaching consequences throughout the federal government with the White House warning These critical assistance programs in nutrition for women and children with low income expire on October 1. Congress sent accounts for allocation to Trump's table on the Trump table for the upcoming financial year, which means that closing will affect each agency.

An unsuccessful vote was marked for the second time, when Schumer led the Democrats to teach the efforts of the Republicans to finance the government on the eve of the deadline on October 1.

Democrats Filibus The same bill passing through the house on September 19, immediately after its passage in the lower house mainly along the line of parties.

Democrats' 1.5 trillion dollars Counterparties This would cancel the reduction in foreign assistance and public broadcasting, as well as the reforms of the feedback of the Republican Party in Medicaid, also could not get the necessary 60 votes to clean the upper chamber.

On Tuesday, the Republicans in the Senate pursued the Democrats because of his hypocrisy that he rejected the short-term bill on expenses, despite the fact that the rubber print 13 of similar measures under the former President Joe Bayden.

Republicans also emphasized the previous opposition of the Democrats to close the government from unrelated political requirements.

“The leader of the minority again refused to admit that it was the Democrats who lead America to close. Let me remind me to everyone that Senator Schumer himself said in 2013, ”John Barrasso said on Tuesday in the Senate. “He said:“ What if I convince my meeting to say: “I'm going to close the government … if I don’t go?” This is a policy of idiocy.

Nevertheless, Schumer and most of his meetings demand that the Republicans agree with their political concessions in exchange to support the open government.

Democrats were mainly quiet About how they plan to put an end to the closure of the government, if the Republicans continue to tail in their needs.

“We also believe that the fact that they will not negotiate with us, that it became clear last week … The American does not like it,” Schumer said on Tuesday during the press conference of the democratic leadership. “So, we think that we are on the front leg when we go to this battle.”

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