BREAKING: Federal government enters partial shutdown after funding deadline passes | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“We are not going to be held hostage for over $1 trillion in new spending on a continuing resolution.”
The federal government officially entered a partial shutdown early Wednesday morning after Congress failed to reach a funding agreement before the midnight deadline, leaving thousands of federal workers facing furloughs and halting a range of government services.
A short-term spending bill known as a continuing resolution (CR), passed by House Republicans on Sept. 19, collapsed in the Senate late Tuesday after Democrats blocked the measure in protest over being shut out of negotiations and in a push to extend enhanced Obamacare subsidies expiring at the end of 2025. The CR would have extended current government funding levels through Nov. 21 to allow more time to finalize the FY 2026 budget.
Senate Republicans are expected to bring the measure up for another vote on Wednesday, with more negotiations likely to stretch into the weekend. But for now, President Donald Trump and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have initiated plans for an “orderly shutdown.”
Democrats argued that their exclusion from talks and the GOP’s refusal to include healthcare subsidy extensions forced their hand. Republicans accused Democrats of holding the government hostage for new spending.
“There isn’t any substantive reason why there ought to be a government shutdown,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). “But we are not going to be held hostage for over $1 trillion in new spending on a continuing resolution.”