{"id":11237,"date":"2025-03-31T16:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=11237"},"modified":"2025-03-31T16:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T16:19:50","slug":"fetterman-slams-dems-again-over-govt-shutdown-talk-total-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=11237","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Slams Dems Again Over Govt. Shutdown Talk: \u2018Total Theater\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman lashed out at fellow Senate Democrats for risking a partial government shutdown on Thursday morning. In a post on X, Fetterman dismissed their opposition to the government spending bill as \u201ctotal theater\u201d and stressed the urgent need to prevent a funding lapse, warning that it could trigger a recession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His remarks challenge Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s assertion that Democrats are united in opposing the GOP spending bill designed to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. Absent at least eight Senate Democrats joining Republicans in passing the House GOP\u2019s stopgap spending bill\u2014a continuing resolution\u2014the government is set for a partial shutdown after midnight on Friday, the Daily Caller reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShut the government down, plunge the country into chaos, risk a recession or Exchange cloture for a 30 day CR that 100% fails,\u201d Fetterman wrote. \u201cThe House GOP CR will then pass the Senate because it only needs 51 votes. Total theater is neither honest with constituents nor a winning argument.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fetterman\u2019s criticism of Senate Democrats\u2019 tactics in the government funding as not being honest with their constituents nor a \u201cwinning argument\u201d comes as Senate Republicans brand<\/a> the looming expiration of government funding as the \u201cSchumer Shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt seems to be a shutdown aimed at the drama that the Democrats need to show to their far-left wing,\u201d Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso of Wyoming told the Daily Caller News Foundation Thursday morning. \u201cThe people who are for open borders, the people who are for biological men playing in girls sports \u2014 they\u2019re trying to show them that they\u2019re putting up a fight and they\u2019re willing to make the country suffer because the Democrats are held hostage by the far-left wing of their party.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Democratic Party\u2019s base, along with members of the Progressive Caucus, has called on Senate Democrats to reject the GOP spending bill. The demand comes as Senate Democrats are grappling with near-record low approval ratings and faced another setback in their 2026 bid to reclaim the chamber when New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced Wednesday that she would retire rather than run for reelection. The resulting open seat is expected to be a prime pickup opportunity for Senate Republicans, potentially widening their 53-47 majority in the midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Schumer said Wednesday that his party will oppose the GOP government funding bill and urged Senate Republicans to adopt a 30-day short-term funding measure crafted by Democratic appropriators instead, which would allow more time to negotiate an omnibus spending package\u2014a proposal that is unlikely to gain support from Senate GOP leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFunding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their [continuing resolution] without any input \u2014 any input \u2014 from congressional Democrats,\u201d Schumer said on the Senate floor Wednesday afternoon. \u201cBecause of that, Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR.\u201d<\/p>\n

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