Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a majority of Senate Democrats voted Wednesday afternoon to keep the government shuttered despite
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and a majority of Senate Democrats voted Wednesday afternoon to keep the government shuttered despite mounting consequences from the prolonged funding lapse.
Democrats rejected a bipartisan funding measure that would restore government operations for the sixth time. The same trio of Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and independent Maine Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with Democrats, broke ranks to join Republicans in voting “yes” on the House-passed spending bill.
The vote tally has remained virtually unchanged since the opening day of the shutdown. Most Senate Democrats remain dug-in against reopening the government despite previously railing against shutdowns during prior funding fights.
Schumer told reporters on Wednesday that Democrats were winning the shutdown battle despite some Americans facing financial stress and disrupted access to federal programs due to the funding lapse.
“In almost every poll we’ve seen, they blame Trump and the Republicans double digits more than they blame the Democrats,” Schumer said.
