A government shutdown is the fault of the dims

 A government shutdown is the fault of the dims

Evidence

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a clean continuing resolution (CR) on September 19, 2025, to fund the government through November 21 without additional policy riders or spending increases. Senate Democrats, led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, blocked this measure on September 20, 2025, by refusing to provide the necessary votes to overcome a filibuster, demanding instead over $1 trillion in new spending to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies and reverse Republican cuts to Medicaid and other health programs. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated on September 22, 2025, that the administration supports this "simple, clean budget extension" and that Democrats are holding funding hostage for their partisan priorities, risking impacts on military pay, veterans' services, and disaster relief.WarrantIn the U.S. Senate, a bill requires 60 votes to invoke cloture and end debate under filibuster rules, meaning the Republican majority (53 seats) cannot pass funding legislation without at least seven Democratic votes. By passing a bipartisan, no-frills CR in the House and urging its adoption—while explicitly rejecting Democrats' extraneous demands for massive new entitlements—Republicans have fulfilled their responsibility to prioritize uninterrupted government operations and avoid shutdowns over policy disputes, as they have in prior negotiations. Democrats' insistence on bundling unrelated, non-negotiable spending (e.g., health subsidies expiring in December) into a must-pass funding bill weaponizes the process, forcing a shutdown as leverage despite controlling neither chamber nor the White House—a tactic historically criticized by Democratic leaders like Schumer himself in past GOP-led standoffs. This obstruction, not Republican intransigence, elevates partisan goals above essential services, making Democrats the culpable party.ClaimIt is the fault of the Democrats and not the Republicans that there might be a government shutdown.