The Democrats weren’t mendacity once they said they received’t finish the Schumer Shutdown till planes are falling out of the sky.
At present is day 23 of the Schumer Shutdown.
The Schumer Shutdown started on October 1, and the Senate has voted 12 instances – and failed 12 instances – to reopen the federal government as a result of Schumer needs to provide unlawful aliens healthcare.
As a substitute of working with Republicans to responsibly prolong funding till November, Schumer and the Democrats selected a shutdown.
The Home has been out of session for a month.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats rejected funding for important authorities staff, together with air site visitors controllers, TSA and army.
60 votes have been wanted to invoke cloture to advance the invoice.
Three Democrats voted with the Republicans: Warnock, Ossoff and Fetterman.
Fox Information reported:
Democrats blocked a Republican-led try to offer important authorities staff with paychecks amid an ongoing, 23-day shutdown, calling the invoice overly selective and incomplete.
That invoice, proposed by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Todd Younger, R-Ind., failed in a 54-45 vote, the place 60 votes have been wanted to advance the invoice over the specter of a filibuster.
Solely three Democrats, John Fetterman, D-Pa., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., voted with Republicans.
Along with compensating federal staff and army personnel throughout the present shutdown, the invoice would additionally prolong reduction to future cases the place funding payments aren’t in impact.
“For fiscal 12 months 2026, and any fiscal 12 months thereafter, there are appropriated such sums as are needed to offer normal charges of pay, allowances, pay differentials, advantages, and different funds frequently to excepted staff,” the invoice reads.
The Democrats aren’t even hiding their contempt for the American folks anymore.
Home Minority Whip Katherine Clark (MA) said the quiet half out loud on the Schumer Shutdown throughout an interview with Fox Information Congress reporter Chad Pergram.
“We take that accountability very critically. But it surely is among the few leverage objects we have now. It’s an inflection level on this finances course of the place we have now tried to get the Republicans to fulfill with us and prioritize the American folks,” Clark stated.
WATCH:
@WhipKClark, the quantity two Home Democrat, on the Democrat Shutdown: “In fact there shall be households which can be going to undergo… but it surely is among the few leverage instances we have now.”
These individuals are SICK! pic.twitter.com/7MRHsmGMGx
— Speedy Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 22, 2025
