Government Shutdown - September, 2025 Editiion

[Anonymous]

Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.

[Anonymous]

Republicans block Democratic bill to pay military and feds during shutdown.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5569758-ron-johnson-chris-van-hollen-shutdown-pay-bill/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.

Because you don't know what you are talking about. They are no exempt from the filibuster.

[Anonymous]

According to the senate press gallery these bastards aren’t even planning on a CR vote Monday when they finally get back to work

https://www.dailypress.senate.gov

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bet this runs until Dec.

If I were Chuck Schumer, I would approve the House CR on November 18, while letting Mike Johnson know that any further funding would require bipartisan negotiation. Then the House can come back to Washington for the Epstein vote before another shutdown begins.

The house has only worked 14 days since July 4 and have been sent home for yet another week instead of being in Washington working to a resolution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bet this runs until Dec.

If I were Chuck Schumer, I would approve the House CR on November 18, while letting Mike Johnson know that any further funding would require bipartisan negotiation. Then the House can come back to Washington for the Epstein vote before another shutdown begins.

Um, wasn't that what was supposed to happen after the last CR months ago?

say this again for those in the back not paying attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.

Because you don't know what you are talking about. They are no exempt from the filibuster.

But the GOP can dispense with the filibuster. The GOP has already dispensed with the Constitution so why stop there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone explain why Democrats have a say in the matter? Previous shutdowns were with Republicans having a majority of the House.

Budget bills are supposed to be exempt from filibuster.

Because you don't know what you are talking about. They are no exempt from the filibuster.

But the GOP can dispense with the filibuster. The GOP has already dispensed with the Constitution so why stop there?

Yes, they can at any time. They've made a bunch of other new exceptions this year and there's no reason they can't do that now. That's what this is entirely the GOP's fault. They refuse to negotiate and also refuse to use the power they have to go forward without negotiating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the senators that repeatedly vote to keep the government shut down.

Those that vote against are to blame.

Angela Alsobrooks Maryland D No
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin D No
Michael Bennet Colorado D No
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut D No
Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware D No
Cory Booker New Jersey D No
Maria Cantwell Washington D No
Christopher Coons Delaware D No
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada D Yes
Tammy Duckworth Illinois D No
Richard Durbin Illinois D No
John Fetterman Pennsylvania D Yes
Ruben Gallego Arizona D No
Kirsten Gillibrand New York D No
Margaret Hassan New Hampshire D No
Martin Heinrich New Mexico D No
John Hickenlooper Colorado D No
Mazie Hirono Hawaii D No
Timothy Kaine Virginia D No
Mark Kelly Arizona D No
Andy Kim New Jersey D No
Amy Klobuchar Minnesota D No
Ben Luján New Mexico D No
Edward Markey Massachusetts D No
Jeff Merkley Oregon D No
Christopher Murphy Connecticut D No
Patty Murray Washington D No
Jon Ossoff Georgia D No
Alejandro Padilla California D No
Gary Peters Michigan D No
John Reed Rhode Island D No
Jacky Rosen Nevada D No
Brian Schatz Hawaii D No
Adam Schiff California D No
Charles Schumer New York D No
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire D No
Elissa Slotkin Michigan D No
Tina Smith Minnesota D No
Chris Van Hollen Maryland D No
Mark Warner Virginia D No
Raphael Warnock Georgia D No
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts D No
Peter Welch Vermont D No
Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island D No
Ron Wyden Oregon D No

WRONG. You are just mad because the democratic senators won’t be the republicans biatch like they were in March and rubber stamp the republicans agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These are the senators that repeatedly vote to keep the government shut down.

Those that vote against are to blame.

Angela Alsobrooks Maryland D No
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin D No
Michael Bennet Colorado D No
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut D No
Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware D No
Cory Booker New Jersey D No
Maria Cantwell Washington D No
Christopher Coons Delaware D No
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada D Yes
Tammy Duckworth Illinois D No
Richard Durbin Illinois D No
John Fetterman Pennsylvania D Yes
Ruben Gallego Arizona D No
Kirsten Gillibrand New York D No
Margaret Hassan New Hampshire D No
Martin Heinrich New Mexico D No
John Hickenlooper Colorado D No
Mazie Hirono Hawaii D No
Timothy Kaine Virginia D No
Mark Kelly Arizona D No
Andy Kim New Jersey D No
Amy Klobuchar Minnesota D No
Ben Luján New Mexico D No
Edward Markey Massachusetts D No
Jeff Merkley Oregon D No
Christopher Murphy Connecticut D No
Patty Murray Washington D No
Jon Ossoff Georgia D No
Alejandro Padilla California D No
Gary Peters Michigan D No
John Reed Rhode Island D No
Jacky Rosen Nevada D No
Brian Schatz Hawaii D No
Adam Schiff California D No
Charles Schumer New York D No
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire D No
Elissa Slotkin Michigan D No
Tina Smith Minnesota D No
Chris Van Hollen Maryland D No
Mark Warner Virginia D No
Raphael Warnock Georgia D No
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts D No
Peter Welch Vermont D No
Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island D No
Ron Wyden Oregon D No

I notice you left Rand Paul off your list. I wonder why

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m still not understanding how the POTUS doesn’t need approval from Congress to close federal departments or withhold funding already approved by Congress (in addition to tearing down part of the WH and in his mind potentially going to war on Venezuela), but he is beholden to Congress to keep the government open.

This is a tactical risk the Democrats are taking here. The AG can just rebuke the whole shutdown theory of the Carter admin and look like a hero for doing it.

This is the strategy. There is no shutdown. We were told to go back to work at HHS and continue all operations normally starting on Monday. They claim to have found fees to fund us but our work is narrowed to one area of funded services. Either we are all being asked to violate the Anti Deficiency Act or they are reinterpreting the law so that what they have asked us to do is not a violation. I’m sure that all other agencies are operating the same way- operations that are Trump priorities are continuing forward.

I'm working without pay even though I'm in a fee-funded office and our budget is not subject to appropriations. That's how petty and vindictive this Administration is.

[Anonymous]

Reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered, per Senate rules. At some point, they will just do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are the senators that repeatedly vote to keep the government shut down.

Those that vote against are to blame.

Angela Alsobrooks Maryland D No
Tammy Baldwin Wisconsin D No
Michael Bennet Colorado D No
Richard Blumenthal Connecticut D No
Lisa Blunt Rochester Delaware D No
Cory Booker New Jersey D No
Maria Cantwell Washington D No
Christopher Coons Delaware D No
Catherine Cortez Masto Nevada D Yes
Tammy Duckworth Illinois D No
Richard Durbin Illinois D No
John Fetterman Pennsylvania D Yes
Ruben Gallego Arizona D No
Kirsten Gillibrand New York D No
Margaret Hassan New Hampshire D No
Martin Heinrich New Mexico D No
John Hickenlooper Colorado D No
Mazie Hirono Hawaii D No
Timothy Kaine Virginia D No
Mark Kelly Arizona D No
Andy Kim New Jersey D No
Amy Klobuchar Minnesota D No
Ben Luján New Mexico D No
Edward Markey Massachusetts D No
Jeff Merkley Oregon D No
Christopher Murphy Connecticut D No
Patty Murray Washington D No
Jon Ossoff Georgia D No
Alejandro Padilla California D No
Gary Peters Michigan D No
John Reed Rhode Island D No
Jacky Rosen Nevada D No
Brian Schatz Hawaii D No
Adam Schiff California D No
Charles Schumer New York D No
Jeanne Shaheen New Hampshire D No
Elissa Slotkin Michigan D No
Tina Smith Minnesota D No
Chris Van Hollen Maryland D No
Mark Warner Virginia D No
Raphael Warnock Georgia D No
Elizabeth Warren Massachusetts D No
Peter Welch Vermont D No
Sheldon Whitehouse Rhode Island D No
Ron Wyden Oregon D No

WRONG. You are just mad because the democratic senators won’t be the republicans biatch like they were in March and rubber stamp the republicans agenda.

I want to thank all of the above for trying to save my healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered, per Senate rules. At some point, they will just do that.

If it’s important to the GOP to take away the ACA tax subsidy, they can go ahead and do it. The Senate rules are less binding than the Constitution. And since the GOP is agnostic about its constitutional powers, why care about Senate rules. No need for the Democratic Party to sign on the the GOP’s s$itshow on public health policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reconciliation bill cannot be filibustered, per Senate rules. At some point, they will just do that.

Doubt that. Reconciliation has to be proceeded by a bunch of procedural votes that take weeks at least. The senate can get rid of the filibuster in a day if it wants to though.