{"id":78772,"date":"2025-09-19T18:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/09\/19\/senate-rejects-competing-funding-bills-increasing-shutdown-risk\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:14:27","slug":"senate-rejects-competing-funding-bills-increasing-shutdown-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/09\/19\/senate-rejects-competing-funding-bills-increasing-shutdown-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate rejects competing funding bills, increasing shutdown risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 1, increasing prospects for a partial government shutdown on that date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaders of the two parties sought to blame the other side for the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of not negotiating with them to address some of their priorities on health care as part of the funding measure, even though they knew some Democratic votes would be needed to get a bill to the president\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans said Democrats were making demands that would dramatically increase spending and were not germane to the core issue of keeping agencies fully running for a short period of time while negotiations continued on a full-year spending measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Republican bill is a clean, nonpartisan, short-term continuing resolution to fund the government to give us time to do the full appropriations process. And the Democrat bill is the exact opposite,\u201d Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said shortly before the votes. \u201cIt\u2019s what you might call, not a clean CR, a dirty CR \u2014 laden down with partisan policies and appeals to Democrats\u2019 leftist base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic proposal would extend enhanced health insurance subsidies set to expire at the end of the year, plus reverse Medicaid cuts that were included in <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/what-is-republican-trump-tax-bill-f65be44e1050431a601320197322551b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/what-is-republican-trump-tax-bill-f65be44e1050431a601320197322551b\">Republicans\u2019 big tax breaks and spending cuts bill<\/a> enacted earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe American people will look at what Republicans are doing, look at what Democrats are doing, and it will be clear that public sentiment will be on our side,\u201d said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who has repeatedly threatened a shutdown if health care isn\u2019t addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate action came after the House earlier in the day passed the Republican-led funding bill. The measure would extend government funding generally at current levels for seven weeks. The bill would also add about $88 million in security funding for lawmakers and members of the Supreme Court and executive branch in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/charlie-kirk-conservative-activist-shot-546165a8151104e0938a5e085be1e8bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/charlie-kirk-conservative-activist-shot-546165a8151104e0938a5e085be1e8bd\">Charlie Kirk.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vote was 217-212. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine was the lone Democratic member to support the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana said he knew he had few votes to spare as he sought to persuade fellow Republicans to vote for the funding patch, something many in his conference have routinely opposed in past budget fights. But this time, GOP members see a chance to portray the Democrats as responsible for a shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ball is in Chuck Schumer\u2019s court. I hope he does the right thing. I hope he does not choose to shut the government down and inflict pain on the American people,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump had urged House Republicans to pass the bill and put the burden on Democrats to oppose it. GOP leaders often need Trump\u2019s help to win over holdouts on legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery House Republican should UNIFY, and VOTE YES!\u201d Trump said on his social media site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said that in opposing the continuing resolution, Democrats were working to protect <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shutdown-republicans-funding-schumer-congress-trump-0c1973b2d0aad76aa5a3ec3749965edd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/shutdown-republicans-funding-schumer-congress-trump-0c1973b2d0aad76aa5a3ec3749965edd\">the health care of the American people<\/a>. He said that with Republicans controlling the White House and both branches of Congress, \u201cRepublicans will own a government shutdown. Period. Full stop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate moved quickly after the House vote to take up the measure plus the Democratic counter. Both fell short of the 60 votes needed for passage. Now, it\u2019s unclear how things will shake out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators could then potentially leave town until Sept. 29 \u2014 one day before the shutdown deadline. The Senate has a scheduled recess next week because of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. Meanwhile, Johnson said Republicans were discussing whether to stay back in their home districts through the rest of September, essentially forcing the Senate to approve the House-passed measure or risk a shutdown. He said lawmakers have a lot of work to do in their districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats on both sides of the Capitol are watching Schumer closely after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/14\/senate-passes-six-month-funding-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/14\/senate-passes-six-month-funding-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown\/\">last-minute decision in March<\/a> to vote with Republicans to keep the government open. Schumer argued then that a shutdown would be damaging and would give Trump and his White House freedom to make more government cuts. Many on the left revolted, with some advocates calling for his resignation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vote in the spring also caused a temporary schism with Jeffries, who opposed that particular GOP spending bill and said he would not be \u201ccomplicit\u201d with Schumer\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two Democratic leaders now say they are united, and Schumer says things <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/schumer-government-shutdown-budget-democrats-deadline-a0a24afe93f4a1d596fdf9093db58e3d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/schumer-government-shutdown-budget-democrats-deadline-a0a24afe93f4a1d596fdf9093db58e3d\">have changed since March<\/a>. The public is more wary of Trump and Republicans, Schumer says, after the passage of Medicaid cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Democrats appear to be backing Schumer\u2019s demand that there be negotiations on the bill \u2014 and support his threats of a shutdown, even as it is unclear how they would get out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLook, the president said really boldly, don\u2019t even talk to Democrats. Unless he\u2019s forgotten that you need a supermajority to pass a budget in the Senate, that\u2019s obviously his signal he wants a shutdown,\u201d said Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Democratic measure to fund the government had no chance of passage, it does give Democrats a way to show voters their focus on cutting health care costs. Unless Congress act, tax credits going to low- and middle-income people who purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act will expire. That will mean a big increase in premiums for millions of Americans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are some thing we have to address. The health insurance, ACA, is going to hammer millions of people in the country, including in red states,\u201d said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. \u201cTo me, that can\u2019t be put off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have said the tax credit issue can be dealt with later this year. They\u2019re also using Schumer\u2019s previous arguments against shutdowns to make the case he\u2019s playing politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats voted in favor of clean CRs no fewer than 13 times during the Biden administration,\u201d Thune said. \u201cYet now that Republicans are offering a clean CR, it\u2019s somehow a no-go. It\u2019s funny how that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate rejected competing measures on Friday to fund federal agencies for a few weeks when the new budget year begins on Oct. 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