The Democrats weren’t lying when they said they won’t end the Schumer Shutdown until planes are falling out of the sky.
Today is day 23 of the Schumer Shutdown.
The Schumer Shutdown began on October 1, and the Senate has voted 12 times – and failed 12 times – to reopen the government because Schumer wants to give illegal aliens healthcare.
Instead of working with Republicans to responsibly extend funding until November, Schumer and the Democrats chose a shutdown.
The House has been out of session for a month.
On Thursday, Senate Democrats rejected funding for essential government workers, including air traffic controllers, TSA and military.
60 votes were needed to invoke cloture to advance the bill.
Three Democrats voted with the Republicans: Warnock, Ossoff and Fetterman.
Fox News reported:
Democrats blocked a Republican-led attempt to provide essential government workers with paychecks amid an ongoing, 23-day shutdown, calling the bill overly selective and incomplete.
That bill, proposed by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Todd Young, R-Ind., failed in a 54-45 vote, where 60 votes were needed to advance the bill over the threat of a filibuster.
Only three Democrats, John Fetterman, D-Pa., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., voted with Republicans.
In addition to compensating federal employees and military personnel during the current shutdown, the bill would also extend relief to future instances where funding bills aren’t in effect.
“For fiscal year 2026, and any fiscal year thereafter, there are appropriated such sums as are necessary to provide standard rates of pay, allowances, pay differentials, benefits, and other payments on a regular basis to excepted employees,” the bill reads.
The Democrats aren’t even hiding their contempt for the American people anymore.
House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (MA) said the quiet part out loud on the Schumer Shutdown during an interview with Fox News Congress reporter Chad Pergram.
“We take that responsibility very seriously. But it is one of the few leverage items we have. It is an inflection point in this budget process where we have tried to get the Republicans to meet with us and prioritize the American people,” Clark said.
WATCH:
@WhipKClark, the number two House Democrat, on the Democrat Shutdown: “Of course there will be families that are going to suffer… but it is one of the few leverage times we have.”
These people are SICK! pic.twitter.com/7MRHsmGMGx
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) October 22, 2025
