1d ago

US government shuts down after Senate fails to advance both parties’ bills

www.theguardian.com

The US government shut down on Wednesday, after congressional Democrats refused to support a Republican plan to extend funding for federal departments unless they won a series of concessions centered on healthcare.

The GOP, which controls the Senate and the House of Representatives, repudiated their demands, setting off a legislative scramble that lasted into the hours before funding lapsed at midnight, when the Senate failed to advance both parties’ bills to keep funding going.

"Republicans are plunging America into a shutdown, rejecting bipartisan talks, pushing a partisan bill and risking America’s healthcare,” top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said on Tuesday evening, as it became clear a shutdown was inevitable.

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1d ago

US government shuts down after Democrats refuse to back Republican funding plan

www.theguardian.com /us-news/2025/oct/01/us-government-shuts-down

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Republicans, specifically Donald Trump, have more government power than any administration in modern history. Control of the white house, senate, house, and supreme court, in addition to simply acting outside the law with impunity
Yet they'll still blame Democrats for the shutdown
- They do love blaming minorities for their problems.
They'll spend tens of millions of dollars on a fucking ballroom but suggest giving americans healthcare and they'll allow the entire government to shut down.
- Not even giving, it's not taking it away.
- *hundreds of millions
  
  Can’t forget paving the rose garden to make an eXcLuSiVe ClUb. Now not only do we get “lobbyists” but also “club members.”
  Pathetic douchebags.
That first paragraph seems deceptively worded. Without reading between the lines it appears to pin blame on Democrats while being vague on details about the healthcare concessions.
That's a shame, I expected better of The Guardian.
- The UK is sitting on the knife's edge of fascism as well. Somehow Starmer is in charge and Farage has no fear. That head of lettuce was better.
The Republican controlled house and Senate shut down the government
Ftfy
- Repeat after me, "Trump and the GOP controlled congress are shutting down the government in order to prevent the Epstein files from bring released."
- Not according to hud.gov:
  
  Conservatives are the radical left. It's just words.
  
  And this will work too. The average American is way too dumb to see this for what it is.
  
  Assuming there is an “after”, there really needs to be a policy against politics on official government communications. There probably is. One more thing to hold them to account in 3.5 years
  
  God who falls for this unprofessional shit
  Looks around
  Sighs
Ah yes, obviously the Democrats fault for not bending to the fascist budget plan....
/s
- From watching almost any news program, that's basically the impression I get, even if it's not actually said. It's disgusting...
Why would Obama do dis? 😭
Editorialized headline. The linked article's headline is "US government shuts down after Senate fails to advance both parties’ bills"
- The Guardian updated the headline. I have changed the headline here to reflect that.
  Thanks for the head's up.
- I want them to be released as much as the next person, but does anyone really think Republicans will do anything other than masturbate harder over their leader being a child rapist? It's a known fact by this point that his name appears very frequently in the files
  
  No, but why should I let what Republicans masturbate to dictate what I comment on Lemmy?
Oh no, the guy that 70 million dipshits voted in for his deal-making abilities refused to make any deals with the democrats and they didn’t vote for the spending bill as a result.
trump doesn't have the cards
This happens all the time no biggie
Anything Trump threatens to shut down as a result are things he was already gonna shut down as soon as an excuse came along. Do not cave on keeping healthcare funded, that would destroy so many Americans who depend on this.
Soooooo
Now what
- Nothing. We wait several weeks, and then pay WAY more money to put things sorta back together until next time.
The Orange Turd doing what he does best chaos. MAGAts this is all on you.
Love the "Democrats refused to support a Republican plan". Just say "Democrats failed us all".
- I get it, but you just did the same thing as the guardian.
  
  Their blaming a group that has zero power to due anything. The bias is sicking and annoying.

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