We’re now in Day 23 of the mindless Schumer Shutdown as Democrats continue to hold the entire nation hostage while they throw a three-week temper tantrum. Instead of voting for a continuing Clean Resolution to fund the government, they, in vote after vote, have decided to take their ball and go home and punish the American people for electing Donald Trump to the presidency in a fair, constitutional election.
On Thursday, they proved once again that they don’t care who gets hurt along the way as they carry out their Don Quixote-like mission to disrupt normal government functions so they can get their woke pet projects funded:
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.
U.S. Senate BLOCKS @SenRonJohnson's bill to pay essential federal workers required to work during #GovernmentShutdown without being paid, 54-45. 60 votes were needed. pic.twitter.com/o733jcJ9bP
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 23, 2025
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The bill would have helped those who are feeling the pinch of the Schumer Shutdown, but Democrats said essentially, “let them suffer; we don’t actually care.”
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.
House Speaker Mike Johnson spoke about the vote, and he blasted the Democrats for their intransigence:
Democrats are working overtime to HIDE THE TRUTH - So here it is: just five Senate Democrats could vote today to reopen the government.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 23, 2025
Instead, they’re pushing a crazy counterproposal that puts the American people LAST: free health care for illegal aliens, billions for foreign… pic.twitter.com/QkWeLEXeIM
Instead, they’re pushing a crazy counterproposal that puts the American people LAST: free health care for illegal aliens, billions for foreign projects, and handouts to leftist media outlets.
This shutdown is a “leverage” game for them to look tough to their Marxist base, and the American people won’t forget being used.
Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn agreed: "We know this is going to end sometime. The question is when. I guess it will depend on how much carnage the Democrats want to create. To me, they are in a box canyon, and they can't figure out how to get out."
And so the Schumer Shutdown continues. We won’t know until election season, but I think they’re going to pay for this at the ballot box for a long, long time—and they absolutely should.
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
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