{"id":61437,"date":"2025-10-28T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61437"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:48:20","slug":"not-all-democrats-support-the-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=61437","title":{"rendered":"Not All Democrats Support The Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Daily Caller<\/a> posted an article about one union that is not supporting the current Schumer Shutdown.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Senate Democrats were dealt a severe blow on Monday morning when the country\u2019s largest federal workers union called for a swift end to the government shutdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), a union representing more than 800,000 government workers, released an open letter<\/a> calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his caucus to vote for a House-passed bipartisan spending bill to reopen the government. Schumer and a majority of Democrats have voted against a clean funding measure to reopen the government a dozen times \u2014 and will vote on a spending bill to end the shutdown for a 13th time as soon as Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to pass a clean continuing resolution and end this shutdown today,\u201d AFGE national president Everett Kelley said in a statement. \u201cNo half measures, and no gamesmanship. Put every single federal worker back on the job with full back pay \u2014 today.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Monday marks Day 27 of the government shutdown that continues to stretch on despite mounting financial distress for Americans who receive federal paychecks or depend on federal food aid programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congress has passed 36\u00a0continuing resolutions<\/a> to fund the government rather than following the regular budget process since January 2009. During the Biden administration Congress passed 13 continuing resolutions. Trump derangement syndrome is about to cost people their food stamps and government checks.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Senate Democrats, however, show few signs of relenting from their hardball tactics that have kept the government shuttered for one of the longest durations in American history. Schumer continues to demand an extension of expiring Obamacare subsidies \u2014 in addition to a bevy of costly left-wing priorities \u2014 in exchange for reopening the government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just three Democratic caucus members have crossed party lines to vote for the bipartisan spending measure. Republicans must get buy-in from an additional five Democrats in order to clear the Senate\u2019s 60-vote threshold for government funding bills and end the shutdown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has consistently voted against the bipartisan funding measure, arguing the bill does not do enough to cut spending.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Schumer did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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