BREAKING: Dems Defeated As Senate Votes to Advance Spending Bill
By Jennifer Van Laar | 5:21 PM on March 14, 2025
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It's been a wild week on Capitol Hill as Republicans fought to get a continuing resolution bill passed to fund the federal government at current levels until September 30. On Tuesday the House passed the bill 217-213 and sent it to the Senate. After blustering for a few days, Senate Minority Leader Chuck "Shutdown" Schumer caved on Thursday and announced that he would not be voting for a government shutdown, explaining that President Trump and DOGE would be more dangerous to Democrat party priorities during a government shutdown than through the CR.
READ MORE: Chuck Schumer Calls Republicans 'Bastards,' but Deep Down He Knows He Got Played on the CR
Late Friday afternoon the Senate voted yes on cloture 62-38, with 10 Democrats joining Republicans. That sets the bill up for passage on what will likely be a party-line vote after a few amendments are voted on.
Cloture invoked on a 62-38 vote, with 10 Democrats joining Republicans to end debate. pic.twitter.com/fzBWEdY2Ge
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) March 14, 2025
— Rob Pyers (@rpyers) March 14, 2025
Almost before Schumer's speech on the Senate floor ended Thursday, House Dems started hammering him, and that continued through the day Friday, with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and current House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly criticizing Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying that it would be "a big mistake" for Schumer to vote for cloture, which would allow the CR to pass with a simple majority, and mobilizing her base to call Senate Democrats.
Republicans’ partisan spending bill turns the federal government into a slush fund for Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture. pic.twitter.com/bAfJabwfkN
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) March 14, 2025
It’s unthinkable that any Senate Democrat would hand them a blank check by voting for cloture. pic.twitter.com/bAfJabwfkN
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) March 14, 2025
As my colleague Joe Cunningham wrote, Schumer didn't have a great option.
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READ MORE: https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2025/03/14/breaking-schumers-surrender-is-complete-n2186664
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