US Senate Rejects Funding Bills as Shutdown Looms

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Published SEP 19 2025·Updated SEP 20 2025

US Senate Rejects Funding Bills as Shutdown Looms

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Above: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson outside the House Chamber after a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 19, 2025. Image credit: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg/Getty Images

The Spin

ThisThe Senate's rejection of the clean continuingstopgap resolutionbill highlightsis deeply frustrating. It highlighted responsible governance by funding essential government operations without partisan add-ons or poison pills. Theand billprovided maintains current funding levels through November while providing crucial security enhancements for federal officials in response to recent threats. Democrats are manufacturing a crisis by demanding unrelated healthcare spending that belongs in separate legislation, not emergency funding measures.

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Donald Trump on Truthsocial

Republicans are launching an assault on healthcare by refusing to extend critical Affordable Care Act subsidies that prevent insurance premiums from skyrocketing for millions of Americans. The GOP bill underminesundermined healthcare protections while overlooking the pressing need to address expiring subsidies before open enrollment begins on Nov. 1. This partisan measure forceswould have forced families to choose between basic government services and affordable healthcare coverage.

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Hakeem Jeffries on X

There'sOnce aagain, 66.7%both chanceparties thatchose theregrandstanding willover begovernance, letting partisan posturing take precedence while a U.S. government shutdown beforelooms thedays 2028away. presidentialRepublicans election,and accordingDemocrats alike seem more interested in blaming each other than doing the bare minimum to keep the Metaculuslights predictionon. communityIt’s a bipartisan failure wrapped in self-righteous rhetoric, and ordinary Americans will pay the price.

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Metaculus Prediction

There's a 66.7% chance that there will be a U.S. government shutdown before the 2028 presidential election, according to the Metaculus prediction community.