The country is once again on the verge of a government closure.
Unless the Republican-controlled Senate passes a spending bill, the government will close at midnight Friday, when last year’s grants run out.
The House has passed a bill to pass an almost complete party vote with an almost complete party vote. The bill remains the most stable, but includes the promotion and cutbacks of increased defense spending, one-time grants and such as federal Rural Broadband Initiative. The same is true limit Local funding budget for the District of Columbia.
It faces critics on both sides of the aisle: Conservative Republicans don’t think the bill has enough time to cut spending and don’t like the legislative approach to funding the government, while Democrats cut it. But ultimately, Republicans support the party’s legislation except one House of Representatives, and one House Democrat opposes it.
To pass the Senate bill, Republicans need the help of eight Senate Democrats to clear the 60-vote barrier. The Republican Party has a 53-seat majority, and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has said he will not support the program. So far, a Senate Democrat has raised his favor: Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman said he refused to “burn the village to save it.”
The bet is high, for some reasons. This “continuous resolution” (known in Congress) is the first high-profile opportunity for the Democrats to rigidify with Republicans in Donald Trump’s second term – they have the opportunity to try to do some oversight and accountability for Elon Musk’s “government efficiency” Elon Musk’s White House and cut it around the administration. The Democratic Base is angry at its leaders. To help Republicans stay open, another message will be sent to Democrats that their party is not facing Trump the way they want.
But closures have never been welcomed – the risk of forcing one is real: designating a large number of government employees as non-essential can promote Musk and the Barrier’s work, while, as his own recognition ratings drop, foil is given to Trump.
There is no simple answer here. There are reasonable reasons to object and support Frozen efforts, and time has run out of choice.
Case that shuts down the government
Democrats have many reasons to oppose the Republican spending plan. And, there are all kinds of people who force them to do so, including most House Democrats, some safe Senate Democrats, progressive activists, liberals and moderate democratic strategists, and your average resistance liberals.
Democrats prefer a 30-day stop spending bill so they can negotiate longer than cut government spending. But they were largely overlooked as House Republicans led the six-month extension.
Excluded from the plan, Some Democrats saywhich can inspire Republicans to continue to rule without opposition, is not common for the government to spend such expenses. Some also see opportunities to force Republicans to make concessions to keep the government open while controlling the Congress and the White House.
Democrats want a spending bill that includes guarantees for how government funds are spent and managed: i.e., they want to guarantee that the White House will spend the money allocated to Congress to protect the legislative branch’s wallets’ constitutional powers. These concerns are News media reports Vice President JD Vance told House members that vote for the bill and suggested that Trump refuse to distribute what the White House considers harmful.
The House bill does not include safeguards to prevent such spending blocks. There is also no more oversight over the restrictions on Doge and Doge and Elon Musk, which is another democratic priority.
Other Democrats noted that Trump has effectively shut down parts of the administration through the Governor’s main cuts: Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, Chris Coons, For examplenoting that this week’s mass shooting at the Education Department was a “sometimes fragmented, illegally shutting down plans, institutions, and now trying to shut down the entire department of the administration.”
So, the cases that are allowed to close are also, Democrats will take a stand on the presidency that has challenged legal and constitutional norms, demolished a portion of the federal government and its workforce, and They sayposes a threat to democracy.
At least that is the case, opposition Democrats like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries put forward: “The bill that House Democrats strongly opposed is a power that further frees Elon Musk’s efforts,” Jeffries said yesterday. He and other House Democratic leaders have been urging Senate Democrats to “Stand up“With them against CR.
Even those who are alert to the closure are the case of separation of power: “My problem with the bill is that I think the projects we are seeing come out of the executive branch, and this power grab doesn’t respect the power of the wallet,” Senator Raphael Warnock told reporters Wednesday.
In this way, over the past two months, they have not only been consistent with their case against Trump, Musk and the Road, but also feeding a burning appetite and resistance that their base has longed for since Trump took office.
Supporting democracy, supporting the unification party, and defeating the rooted “doing nothing” democratic brands are all obvious political interests. While it is not clear that the public will blame the people who are closed primarily, the faction believes that if the Democrats are ultimately hurt, there is enough time for public sentiment to be restored.
Oppose shutdown cases
More moderate state elected officials such as Fetterman, Centrist commentators and strategists are pushing for a closure – Senate Democrats have accepted their case. If the government shuts down for a long time, they seem to be particularly alert to the economic impact of the country on the country. Besides this is a basic congressional obligation, people who are worried about work are working to narrow down the staff cut by the federal government, which will be a sudden rise in the sudden call of federal workers “basic” and “non-essential” categories.
wired, For examplea theory has been explained: Musk and the Governor would welcome the closure because it not only makes it easier to choose which workers to fire, but it can also make it easier for Doge to identify programs and institutions that can be completely folded. After 30 days of the government shutdown, the administration also gained greater legal capacity for how the government operates and whether to pay workers when returning from leave.
If Democrats become facilitators of government closures, then political risks are also great in the case of political risks.
Currently, Trump, the Republican Party and Musk are the main villains and main characteristics of the political ecosystem. Trump’s interests and approval ratings are falling, and his confusion about the economy’s handling and tariffs are the main story of the day, while the risks of a recession are spread throughout the media.
Facing the Republicans’ self-designed spiral, making Democrats trigger a shutdown would be a major distraction-a goal of their own.
If economic conditions deteriorate quickly and work shutdowns last for a long time, Trump could also spin the Democrats. The executive has some room for closures, so there will be more opportunities to create bad news for Democrats. This is why the closure is not blamed on those in power, but at the party reason They happened; so far, that’s Republicans.
That was Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper Arranged to CNN Yesterday: “Using with CR does seem to be the smaller of two very serious evils. Shut down the government, which is always the last resort; in this case, it’s even more than just,” he said. “Who knows how long it will stop? Who knows when the president decides that he likes to make all the decisions for the administration? You can imagine him saying, “Congress failed and Congress can’t help you.” I want to save everyone. ‘”
