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Republicans and Democrats in Deadlock Over Federal Funding
Dueling proposals to end the government shutdown failed in the Senate on Wednesday. There was no end in sight to the deadlock as neither party showed signs of bowing to the other’s government spending demands.
“On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 53. Three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.” “The House will be in order.” “Donald Trump and Republicans have barreled us into a shutdown because they refuse to protect Americans’ health care. Democrats want to avert this crisis, but Republicans tried to bully us, and it’s clear they can’t. They don’t have the votes. The way out of this is for Republicans to finally roll up their sleeves and get to work.” “Unfortunately, we are here this morning in a government shutdown the Democrats wanted. Chuck Schumer, at the behest of a bunch of liberal, far-left activist groups, has walked his Democrat colleagues into a boxed canyon. There’s no way out, folks. There’s no way out. This could have been avoided. It’s totally unavoidable. And everybody is now asking the question: How does this end? Well, it ends when the Senate Democrats pick this bill up, passed by the House of Representatives, and vote for it.” “If this thing drags on for another few days or, God forbid, another few weeks, we are going to have to lay people off. We’re going to have to save money in some places so that essential services don’t get turned off in other places. That is the reality of the government shutdown that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats have foisted upon the administration.”
Dueling proposals to end the government shutdown failed in the Senate on Wednesday. There was no end in sight to the deadlock as neither party showed signs of bowing to the other’s government spending demands.
By Jamie Leventhal
October 1, 2025
