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Republicans Bank on Democrats Caving in Shutdown Standoff [VERTICAL]
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3/13/2025
Republicans bank on Democrats caving in shutdown standoff.
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The last time the government shut down was during President Donald Trump's first term in office,
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in December 2018. It lasted for a total of 35 days, the longest government shutdown in the
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modern era. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers didn't receive a timely paycheck,
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national parks closed, and airports had massive delays. So will there be another government
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shutdown at midnight on Friday, March 14? I'm outside the Capitol building where Senate
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Democrats right now are deciding if they will support the Republican spending plan that has
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already passed the House. And you might be thinking, well, wait a minute, don't Republicans
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control the House, the Senate, and the White House? Why do they need Democrats? That's because
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of the filibuster. It's a tool in the Senate that's often used by the minority party to delay
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consideration of bills. And so 60 votes are needed to defeat a filibuster, but Republicans hold 53
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seats in the Senate, so they need seven votes from across the aisle. And that's putting intense
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pressure on Senate Democrats who want to stop the Trump administration's march on federal
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operations. So the choice before them is to provide the votes needed to advance the package or stand
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in the way of passing the funding bill in time to avoid a shutdown when the money expires on March
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14. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says there won't be enough defections from Democrats
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to pass the Republican bill. Democrats are pushing their own proposal, a stopgap 30-day funding bill
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as an alternative to the Republican plan to fund operations through the end of the budget year in
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September. But the prospects of that 30-day stopgap measure are dim in the Republican Congress. So
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it's more likely that Senate Democrats are going to have to decide if they want to vote for the
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Republican bill or not. Now, progressive Democrats are pushing senators to draw the line against
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Trump, even if it forces a costly government shutdown. They say the House GOP bill will
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further enable Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency. And they believe that if
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the government does shut down, the blame will be on Republicans since they are the party in power.
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And they really view the possibility of forcing a shutdown as one of the few points of leverage
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Democrats have as the minority in both chambers. And as of Thursday afternoon, only one Democrat
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has said they would back the House-passed measure, and that's Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
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Several Senate Republicans are predicting that Democrats will
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ultimately fold and avoid a shutdown at the last minute. But it's still too early to tell
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if seven or more Democrats are going to vote for the House-passed funding bill.
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