03/12/2025

Senate Pushes Closer to Government Shutdown as Democrats Reject Funding Bill

Schumer said the caucus wants a clean continuing resolution

Senate Democrats are prepared to vote to reject Republicans’ government funding bill, threatening a government shutdown if lawmakers do not strike a deal by midnight on Friday.

Not enough Democrats support the bill to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to overcome a filibuster, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York) said on the Senate floor on Wednesday with less than 72 hours before the government is set to shut down. Instead, Democrats are seeking a bill — known as a continuing resolution, or CR — to keep the government open through April 11 while the two parties complete work on their long-stalled spending bills.

“Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11 CR,” Schumer said.

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