{"id":35947,"date":"2025-03-13T19:24:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/dem-divisions-erupt-over-trump-spending-bill-to-avoid-shutdown-despite-schumer-claim-of-unity\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T19:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:24:32","slug":"dem-divisions-erupt-over-trump-spending-bill-to-avoid-shutdown-despite-schumer-claim-of-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/dem-divisions-erupt-over-trump-spending-bill-to-avoid-shutdown-despite-schumer-claim-of-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem divisions erupt over Trump spending bill to avoid shutdown, despite Schumer claim of unity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senate Democrats are in disagreement over how to proceed on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown<\/a>, with some inclined to help advance it and others apparently willing to risk a lapse in funding.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“They\u2019ve been debating what to do, and there\u2019s been people who feel strongly on both sides,” a Democratic source familiar told Fox News Digital, in reference to several lengthy Senate Democratic caucus meetings in the past couple days.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The senators have remained tight-lipped about the content of the meetings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

SENATE REPUBLICANS COIN ‘SCHUMER SHUTDOWN’ AHEAD OF CRITICAL VOTE ON TRUMP SPENDING BILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

As of Thursday afternoon, multiple lawmakers, including Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va<\/a>., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., posted videos to inform social media that they were voting against the short-term spending bill, or continuing resolution (CR).\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’ve seen the videos that they’re going to shut it down,” Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.<\/a>, a staunch advocate of keeping the government open, told reporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I’m like, that’s spicy. Spicy, I don’t know,” he said sarcastically. “I don’t know if they’ll do it or not.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

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According to Fetterman, “Any party should never shut the government down.”<\/p>\n

He said it would be “a gift for the Republicans” for Democrats to block the House-passed CR. “In fact, if anything, I think, they’re effectively daring us to do that.”<\/p>\n

The Pennsylvania Democrat further criticized his colleagues, recalling, “It wasn’t that long ago before we were lecturing that you can never shut the government down. So that’s kind of inconsistent.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We can all agree that it’s not a great CR, but that’s where we are and that’s the choice.”<\/p>\n

Warner defended himself to reporters Thursday, explaining there are “no good choices.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asked if he thought a shutdown would be better for his constituents in Virginia, he said, “I’m saying both are awful.”<\/p>\n

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who serves a state won by President Donald Trump,<\/a> said he hasn’t “made a decision” on the House’s short-term spending bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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He claimed the bill has “significant problems,” also noting he is concerned “things could actually get worse” due to the CR, in reference to the administration’s collaboration with Elon Musk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I also recognize that government shutdowns are not good,” Kelly added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shortly afterward, Kelly shared a post on X, revealing he won’t support the spending bill. “I cannot vote for the Republican plan to give unchecked power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. I told Arizonans I\u2019d stand up when it was right for our state and our country, and this is one of those moments,” the post read.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11 CR that will keep the government open and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass. We should vote on that,” Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in floor remarks on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

MEET SANDRA WHITEHOUSE, WHOSE HUSBAND’S VOTES FUNNELED MILLIONS INTO NGO THAT PAYS HER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The leader’s office did not immediately provide comment to Fox News Digital on whether the caucus is in fact unified.<\/p>\n

Asked about the claim of unity, Kelly referred reporters to Schumer’s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fetterman, who openly disagrees with many of his colleagues on the House-passed stopgap bill, remarked that Schumer is “entitled to his own views,” but said, “I’ve been consistent with mine.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senate Democrats are in disagreement over how to proceed on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, with some inclined to help advance it and others apparently willing to risk a lapse in funding.\u00a0 “They\u2019ve been debating what to do, and there\u2019s been people who feel strongly on both sides,” a Democratic … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}