Dems, facing shutdown, criticized Republicans ‘games’ during gov funding fights
Senate Democrats have been teasing the government's closure this week in protest of the Republican-led fundraising bill despite repeatedly stealing repeated fears about the shutdown and criticizing GOP lawmakers for hiring fundraising laws in the past. “Funding the government is our most fundamental responsibility in Congress,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., said in September. The House […]
Shutdown Would Let ‘Vicious, Nasty’ Musk and Trump Ruin Democracy
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said MSNBC's “all” impact of shutting down the federal government would be worse than voting for a House fundraising bill. He said that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's vicious “bastards” will destroy democracy. Schumer said, “Under the closure, it's the administrative department. In this case, Trump, Musk, Doge […]
Jasmine Crockett Thinks Potential Gov’t Shutdown Could Save Bureaucrats From Getting Booted By Trump Admin
Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett said in a video posted to Tiktok that the potential government shutdown could stop the Trump administration from firing bureaucrats. Since President Donald Trump Established Government Department of Efficiency (DOGE), federal government employees have been fired from several agencies, including a 50% reduction in the Department of Education (ED) workforce. end […]
Chuck Schumer to vote for Republican funding bill to avert shutdown | Democrats
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday he will vote for a Republican bill to fund federal agencies through September to avoid government shutdowns. Schumer's comments suggest that his members are ready to provide the necessary votes to clear the procedural hurdles, allowing the seven-month spending measure to proceed to the final vote. In a […]
Trump says Democrats would be to blame for shutdown, suggests it could delay tax cuts
President Trump said on Thursday that Democrats will be held responsible if government funds run out this week, suggesting that the closure could delay GOP's efforts to extend the expired tax cuts. “They do the shutdown and in the end, it could lead to very high taxes as we're talking about the shutdown,” Trump told […]
Ocasio-Cortez: ‘If Republicans wanted to avert a shutdown, they can’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) held Republicans accountable on Thursday to avoid the impending government shutdown. “Everyone knows Donald Trump is president, Republicans have the Senate, Republicans have a home,” Ocasio-Cortez told CNN's Jake Tupper on “Lead.” “They have the keys of the entire US government,” she added. “And if Republicans want to avoid closure, they […]
Kirsten Gillibrand screamed at colleagues in intraparty dispute over looming government shutdown
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) reportedly heard “scream” Thursday in a meeting with a Democrat Senate colleague on how to deal with the looming government shutdown. The New York Democrat was screaming loudly during his private lunch on Capitol Hill, allowing her to be heard through the “thick wooden door” of the room. Fox News. “It […]
Schumer says he will vote to advance GOP spending bill, lowering threat of shutdown
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (New York) announced Thursday on the Senators' floor that he plans to vote to advance the six-month government funding bill that passed in the House despite strong opposition from many Democrats who founded the “Slash Fund” for President Trump and Elon Musk. “I'll vote to keep the government open and […]
White House rips Senate Dems with their own words for ‘hypocrisy’ over looming shutdown
First on FOX: The White House has compiled Senate Democrats' highlight reels in recent years against potential government shutdowns as an attack on democracy. This week, the same Democrat cheated on her by rejecting Trump-backed federal funding laws that avoid the looming shutdown. “This is democracy, and in democracy, hostage tactics are a last resort […]
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to where we stand with a potential government shutdown
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