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Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know – NPR

Politics

What to know about the partial government shutdown

January 31, 202612:01 AM ET

By Lexie Schapitl

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline of midnight on Friday to complete work on a spending package to prevent funding from running out across multiple federal departments.

While funding has technically expired, Congress appears within striking distance of breaking the impasse that has led funds to expire across large stretches of government, including the Department of Defense, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

On Friday, the Senate approved legislation to fund each of these remaining government agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September, while also agreeing to a two-week stopgap bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. That two-week continuing resolution is designed to allow lawmakers to negotiate reforms at the agency after federal immigration officers in Minnesota killed two U.S. citizens this month.

However, the legislation must now be approved by the House, which is on recess until Monday. President Trump has already endorsed the package, and lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote on it soon after their return to Washington.

Politics

Senate passes funding deal, as lawmakers hope for only a short-term partial shutdown

Just a week ago, Congress appeared on track to approve nearly $1.3 trillion in spending for defense, health, transportation, housing and more in a single package before the deadline.

But the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers upended those plans, as Democrats pledged to withhold support for the funding package without policy changes on immigration enforcement.

Now that the Senate has voted, the fate of the legislation moves to the House. Here’s what to know:

House recess makes a short-term funding lapse inevitable

Under the Senate agreement, Senators voted on five appropriations bills — Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; State; and Financial services and general government — to fund those agencies through September. They also approved a two-week extension of Homeland Security funding to give negotiators more time to consider potential reforms.

But the House, which had previously approved a package to fund all six departments, needs to vote again on the amended package.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know : NPR

Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know – NPR

Politics

What to know about the partial government shutdown

January 31, 202612:01 AM ET

By Lexie Schapitl

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline of midnight on Friday to complete work on a spending package to prevent funding from running out across multiple federal departments.

While funding has technically expired, Congress appears within striking distance of breaking the impasse that has led funds to expire across large stretches of government, including the Department of Defense, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

On Friday, the Senate approved legislation to fund each of these remaining government agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September, while also agreeing to a two-week stopgap bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. That two-week continuing resolution is designed to allow lawmakers to negotiate reforms at the agency after federal immigration officers in Minnesota killed two U.S. citizens this month.

However, the legislation must now be approved by the House, which is on recess until Monday. President Trump has already endorsed the package, and lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote on it soon after their return to Washington.

Politics

Senate passes funding deal, as lawmakers hope for only a short-term partial shutdown

Just a week ago, Congress appeared on track to approve nearly $1.3 trillion in spending for defense, health, transportation, housing and more in a single package before the deadline.

But the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers upended those plans, as Democrats pledged to withhold support for the funding package without policy changes on immigration enforcement.

Now that the Senate has voted, the fate of the legislation moves to the House. Here’s what to know:

House recess makes a short-term funding lapse inevitable

Under the Senate agreement, Senators voted on five appropriations bills — Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; State; and Financial services and general government — to fund those agencies through September. They also approved a two-week extension of Homeland Security funding to give negotiators more time to consider potential reforms.

But the House, which had previously approved a package to fund all six departments, needs to vote again on the amended package.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know : NPR

Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know – NPR

Politics

What to know about the partial government shutdown

January 31, 202612:01 AM ET

By Lexie Schapitl

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline of midnight on Friday to complete work on a spending package to prevent funding from running out across multiple federal departments.

While funding has technically expired, Congress appears within striking distance of breaking the impasse that has led funds to expire across large stretches of government, including the Department of Defense, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

On Friday, the Senate approved legislation to fund each of these remaining government agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September, while also agreeing to a two-week stopgap bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. That two-week continuing resolution is designed to allow lawmakers to negotiate reforms at the agency after federal immigration officers in Minnesota killed two U.S. citizens this month.

However, the legislation must now be approved by the House, which is on recess until Monday. President Trump has already endorsed the package, and lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote on it soon after their return to Washington.

Politics

Senate passes funding deal, as lawmakers hope for only a short-term partial shutdown

Just a week ago, Congress appeared on track to approve nearly $1.3 trillion in spending for defense, health, transportation, housing and more in a single package before the deadline.

But the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers upended those plans, as Democrats pledged to withhold support for the funding package without policy changes on immigration enforcement.

Now that the Senate has voted, the fate of the legislation moves to the House. Here’s what to know:

House recess makes a short-term funding lapse inevitable

Under the Senate agreement, Senators voted on five appropriations bills — Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; State; and Financial services and general government — to fund those agencies through September. They also approved a two-week extension of Homeland Security funding to give negotiators more time to consider potential reforms.

But the House, which had previously approved a package to fund all six departments, needs to vote again on the amended package.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know : NPR

Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know – NPR

Politics

What to know about the partial government shutdown

January 31, 202612:01 AM ET

By Lexie Schapitl

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline of midnight on Friday to complete work on a spending package to prevent funding from running out across multiple federal departments.

While funding has technically expired, Congress appears within striking distance of breaking the impasse that has led funds to expire across large stretches of government, including the Department of Defense, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

On Friday, the Senate approved legislation to fund each of these remaining government agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September, while also agreeing to a two-week stopgap bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. That two-week continuing resolution is designed to allow lawmakers to negotiate reforms at the agency after federal immigration officers in Minnesota killed two U.S. citizens this month.

However, the legislation must now be approved by the House, which is on recess until Monday. President Trump has already endorsed the package, and lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote on it soon after their return to Washington.

Politics

Senate passes funding deal, as lawmakers hope for only a short-term partial shutdown

Just a week ago, Congress appeared on track to approve nearly $1.3 trillion in spending for defense, health, transportation, housing and more in a single package before the deadline.

But the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers upended those plans, as Democrats pledged to withhold support for the funding package without policy changes on immigration enforcement.

Now that the Senate has voted, the fate of the legislation moves to the House. Here’s what to know:

House recess makes a short-term funding lapse inevitable

Under the Senate agreement, Senators voted on five appropriations bills — Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; State; and Financial services and general government — to fund those agencies through September. They also approved a two-week extension of Homeland Security funding to give negotiators more time to consider potential reforms.

But the House, which had previously approved a package to fund all six departments, needs to vote again on the amended package.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know : NPR

Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know – NPR

Politics

What to know about the partial government shutdown

January 31, 202612:01 AM ET

By Lexie Schapitl

The U.S. government has entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to meet a deadline of midnight on Friday to complete work on a spending package to prevent funding from running out across multiple federal departments.

While funding has technically expired, Congress appears within striking distance of breaking the impasse that has led funds to expire across large stretches of government, including the Department of Defense, the State Department and the Department of Health and Human Services. 

On Friday, the Senate approved legislation to fund each of these remaining government agencies through the end of the fiscal year in September, while also agreeing to a two-week stopgap bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. That two-week continuing resolution is designed to allow lawmakers to negotiate reforms at the agency after federal immigration officers in Minnesota killed two U.S. citizens this month.

However, the legislation must now be approved by the House, which is on recess until Monday. President Trump has already endorsed the package, and lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote on it soon after their return to Washington.

Politics

Senate passes funding deal, as lawmakers hope for only a short-term partial shutdown

Just a week ago, Congress appeared on track to approve nearly $1.3 trillion in spending for defense, health, transportation, housing and more in a single package before the deadline.

But the second deadly shooting of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers upended those plans, as Democrats pledged to withhold support for the funding package without policy changes on immigration enforcement.

Now that the Senate has voted, the fate of the legislation moves to the House. Here’s what to know:

House recess makes a short-term funding lapse inevitable

Under the Senate agreement, Senators voted on five appropriations bills — Defense; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; Transportation, Housing and Urban Development; State; and Financial services and general government — to fund those agencies through September. They also approved a two-week extension of Homeland Security funding to give negotiators more time to consider potential reforms.

But the House, which had previously approved a package to fund all six departments, needs to vote again on the amended package.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Partial government shutdown begins: Here’s what’s to know : NPR

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US nonfarm payrolls rose by just 64,000 in November, while the unemployment rate climbed to a four-year high of 4.6%, highlighting mounting labor market weakness amid ongoing federal government job cuts and data disruptions from the recent shutdown.
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US nonfarm payrolls rose by just 64,000 in November, while the unemployment rate climbed to a four-year high of 4.6%, highlighting mounting labor market weakness amid ongoing federal government job cuts and data disruptions from the recent shutdown.
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A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered.

By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY

FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice.

Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an important race coming up. In less than a week, the couple would be off to Florida for the national championships.

Much like the Grassmans, who are blind, dragon boating is often misunderstood. It’s confused with rowing, but they’re not the same. Dragon boaters use paddles and face forward; rowers use oars and face backward.

Read more: I survived breast cancer. Now I race dragon boats for Team USA. | Opinion

The lesser-known sport is also favored among people with disabilities – “paradragons,” as Christine and Gary call themselves. The two were “bit by the dragon” just after the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly four years later, Christine, at 56, is the president of their team, the “Out of Sight Dragons.”

On the morning of Oct. 11, Christine’s phone lit up with a text just as she and Gary were gearing up for one of their last workouts before nationals. Her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education relayed a message that their team had received “reduction in force” notices. That’s Washington-speak for a layoff. She instructed Christine to check her own email.

She did. She let a “few choice phrases” slip. Her last day would be Dec. 9.

Christine was distraught. She also wasn’t alone. President Donald Trump’s administration fired more than 4,000 federal workers that weekend, just 10 days into what eventually became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Read more: Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown

In the past, such ordeals caused furloughs that, while harmful, were only temporary and ended with federal workers eventually getting paid for their forced time away from the office. That’s what happened during Trump’s first term, when the government shuttered for 35 days, setting a record at the time.

In Trump’s second term, the administration’s decision to fire its employees during another historic shutdown became one of the funding crisis’ defining challenges.

The upheaval that people like Christine endured underscored just how harmful Washington gridlock can become for many Americans, including civil servants. That tumult has in turn affected some people with disabilities, who are employed at slightly higher rates in the federal government versus the private sector. Federal law has historically required agencies to plan to meet specific hiring goals for people with disabilities.Read more: Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn’t.

Claire Stanley, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council of the Blind, said Christine wasn’t the only blind or low-vision federal employee she knew who was initially laid off during the shutdown. Many others, though not fired, spent weeks without pay.

“All of us were kind of holding our breath,” she said.

Christine spoke to USA TODAY for this story in her personal capacity as an advocate for other blind people – she is the president of the Fairfax chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia – and as a member of AFGE Local 252, the union for Education Department employees. She said her views are not representative of the agency.

From a ‘dream job’ to nightmares

On Oct. 29, four weeks into the government shutdown, Christine sat in her apartment, resting both palms flat on her dining room table. Pixie, her Norwegian forest cat, lounged on a couch nearby, his sandy brown fur complementing the dark maroon upholstery.

For a multitude of reasons, she was on a higher dose of anxiety medication. Worries about caring for her aging parents usually live more toward the back of her mind. Since she was fired, those fears had shoved their way to the front.

Her mother has Alzheimer’s; her father, a longtime firefighter, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They both still live in Long Island, New York, Christine’s hometown.

Nightmares were making it harder to sleep. Her stomach hurt frequently.

Despite all those concerns, the previous 24 hours had brought some hope. On Oct. 28, a federal judge in California temporarily paused her firing, along with thousands of others. With most federal agencies still largely closed, though, she wasn’t back on the job yet.

The news offered only limited comfort. It did little to soothe her concerns about the long-term future of the federal law she has helped implement since 2019. Though housed in the Education Department, it’s not really about education at all.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

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A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered.

By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY

FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice.

Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an important race coming up. In less than a week, the couple would be off to Florida for the national championships.

Much like the Grassmans, who are blind, dragon boating is often misunderstood. It’s confused with rowing, but they’re not the same. Dragon boaters use paddles and face forward; rowers use oars and face backward.

Read more: I survived breast cancer. Now I race dragon boats for Team USA. | Opinion

The lesser-known sport is also favored among people with disabilities – “paradragons,” as Christine and Gary call themselves. The two were “bit by the dragon” just after the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly four years later, Christine, at 56, is the president of their team, the “Out of Sight Dragons.”

On the morning of Oct. 11, Christine’s phone lit up with a text just as she and Gary were gearing up for one of their last workouts before nationals. Her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education relayed a message that their team had received “reduction in force” notices. That’s Washington-speak for a layoff. She instructed Christine to check her own email.

She did. She let a “few choice phrases” slip. Her last day would be Dec. 9.

Christine was distraught. She also wasn’t alone. President Donald Trump’s administration fired more than 4,000 federal workers that weekend, just 10 days into what eventually became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Read more: Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown

In the past, such ordeals caused furloughs that, while harmful, were only temporary and ended with federal workers eventually getting paid for their forced time away from the office. That’s what happened during Trump’s first term, when the government shuttered for 35 days, setting a record at the time.

In Trump’s second term, the administration’s decision to fire its employees during another historic shutdown became one of the funding crisis’ defining challenges.

The upheaval that people like Christine endured underscored just how harmful Washington gridlock can become for many Americans, including civil servants. That tumult has in turn affected some people with disabilities, who are employed at slightly higher rates in the federal government versus the private sector. Federal law has historically required agencies to plan to meet specific hiring goals for people with disabilities.Read more: Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn’t.

Claire Stanley, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council of the Blind, said Christine wasn’t the only blind or low-vision federal employee she knew who was initially laid off during the shutdown. Many others, though not fired, spent weeks without pay.

“All of us were kind of holding our breath,” she said.

Christine spoke to USA TODAY for this story in her personal capacity as an advocate for other blind people – she is the president of the Fairfax chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia – and as a member of AFGE Local 252, the union for Education Department employees. She said her views are not representative of the agency.

From a ‘dream job’ to nightmares

On Oct. 29, four weeks into the government shutdown, Christine sat in her apartment, resting both palms flat on her dining room table. Pixie, her Norwegian forest cat, lounged on a couch nearby, his sandy brown fur complementing the dark maroon upholstery.

For a multitude of reasons, she was on a higher dose of anxiety medication. Worries about caring for her aging parents usually live more toward the back of her mind. Since she was fired, those fears had shoved their way to the front.

Her mother has Alzheimer’s; her father, a longtime firefighter, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They both still live in Long Island, New York, Christine’s hometown.

Nightmares were making it harder to sleep. Her stomach hurt frequently.

Despite all those concerns, the previous 24 hours had brought some hope. On Oct. 28, a federal judge in California temporarily paused her firing, along with thousands of others. With most federal agencies still largely closed, though, she wasn’t back on the job yet.

The news offered only limited comfort. It did little to soothe her concerns about the long-term future of the federal law she has helped implement since 2019. Though housed in the Education Department, it’s not really about education at all.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

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A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered.

By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY

FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice.

Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an important race coming up. In less than a week, the couple would be off to Florida for the national championships.

Much like the Grassmans, who are blind, dragon boating is often misunderstood. It’s confused with rowing, but they’re not the same. Dragon boaters use paddles and face forward; rowers use oars and face backward.

Read more: I survived breast cancer. Now I race dragon boats for Team USA. | Opinion

The lesser-known sport is also favored among people with disabilities – “paradragons,” as Christine and Gary call themselves. The two were “bit by the dragon” just after the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly four years later, Christine, at 56, is the president of their team, the “Out of Sight Dragons.”

On the morning of Oct. 11, Christine’s phone lit up with a text just as she and Gary were gearing up for one of their last workouts before nationals. Her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education relayed a message that their team had received “reduction in force” notices. That’s Washington-speak for a layoff. She instructed Christine to check her own email.

She did. She let a “few choice phrases” slip. Her last day would be Dec. 9.

Christine was distraught. She also wasn’t alone. President Donald Trump’s administration fired more than 4,000 federal workers that weekend, just 10 days into what eventually became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Read more: Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown

In the past, such ordeals caused furloughs that, while harmful, were only temporary and ended with federal workers eventually getting paid for their forced time away from the office. That’s what happened during Trump’s first term, when the government shuttered for 35 days, setting a record at the time.

In Trump’s second term, the administration’s decision to fire its employees during another historic shutdown became one of the funding crisis’ defining challenges.

The upheaval that people like Christine endured underscored just how harmful Washington gridlock can become for many Americans, including civil servants. That tumult has in turn affected some people with disabilities, who are employed at slightly higher rates in the federal government versus the private sector. Federal law has historically required agencies to plan to meet specific hiring goals for people with disabilities.Read more: Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn’t.

Claire Stanley, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council of the Blind, said Christine wasn’t the only blind or low-vision federal employee she knew who was initially laid off during the shutdown. Many others, though not fired, spent weeks without pay.

“All of us were kind of holding our breath,” she said.

Christine spoke to USA TODAY for this story in her personal capacity as an advocate for other blind people – she is the president of the Fairfax chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia – and as a member of AFGE Local 252, the union for Education Department employees. She said her views are not representative of the agency.

From a ‘dream job’ to nightmares

On Oct. 29, four weeks into the government shutdown, Christine sat in her apartment, resting both palms flat on her dining room table. Pixie, her Norwegian forest cat, lounged on a couch nearby, his sandy brown fur complementing the dark maroon upholstery.

For a multitude of reasons, she was on a higher dose of anxiety medication. Worries about caring for her aging parents usually live more toward the back of her mind. Since she was fired, those fears had shoved their way to the front.

Her mother has Alzheimer’s; her father, a longtime firefighter, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They both still live in Long Island, New York, Christine’s hometown.

Nightmares were making it harder to sleep. Her stomach hurt frequently.

Despite all those concerns, the previous 24 hours had brought some hope. On Oct. 28, a federal judge in California temporarily paused her firing, along with thousands of others. With most federal agencies still largely closed, though, she wasn’t back on the job yet.

The news offered only limited comfort. It did little to soothe her concerns about the long-term future of the federal law she has helped implement since 2019. Though housed in the Education Department, it’s not really about education at all.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

#2025 #america #blindWoman #civilServants #departmentOfEducation #donaldTrump #dragonBoating #dreamJob #education #federalGovernmentShutdown #fired #furloughed #health #history #laidOff #libraries #library #libraryOfCongress #nationalFederationOfTheBlind #opinion #pixie #politics #reductionInForce #resistance #science #tollOfShutdown #trump #trumpAdministration #unitedStates #usaToday #virginia

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered.

By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY

FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice.

Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an important race coming up. In less than a week, the couple would be off to Florida for the national championships.

Much like the Grassmans, who are blind, dragon boating is often misunderstood. It’s confused with rowing, but they’re not the same. Dragon boaters use paddles and face forward; rowers use oars and face backward.

Read more: I survived breast cancer. Now I race dragon boats for Team USA. | Opinion

The lesser-known sport is also favored among people with disabilities – “paradragons,” as Christine and Gary call themselves. The two were “bit by the dragon” just after the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly four years later, Christine, at 56, is the president of their team, the “Out of Sight Dragons.”

On the morning of Oct. 11, Christine’s phone lit up with a text just as she and Gary were gearing up for one of their last workouts before nationals. Her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education relayed a message that their team had received “reduction in force” notices. That’s Washington-speak for a layoff. She instructed Christine to check her own email.

She did. She let a “few choice phrases” slip. Her last day would be Dec. 9.

Christine was distraught. She also wasn’t alone. President Donald Trump’s administration fired more than 4,000 federal workers that weekend, just 10 days into what eventually became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Read more: Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown

In the past, such ordeals caused furloughs that, while harmful, were only temporary and ended with federal workers eventually getting paid for their forced time away from the office. That’s what happened during Trump’s first term, when the government shuttered for 35 days, setting a record at the time.

In Trump’s second term, the administration’s decision to fire its employees during another historic shutdown became one of the funding crisis’ defining challenges.

The upheaval that people like Christine endured underscored just how harmful Washington gridlock can become for many Americans, including civil servants. That tumult has in turn affected some people with disabilities, who are employed at slightly higher rates in the federal government versus the private sector. Federal law has historically required agencies to plan to meet specific hiring goals for people with disabilities.Read more: Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn’t.

Claire Stanley, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council of the Blind, said Christine wasn’t the only blind or low-vision federal employee she knew who was initially laid off during the shutdown. Many others, though not fired, spent weeks without pay.

“All of us were kind of holding our breath,” she said.

Christine spoke to USA TODAY for this story in her personal capacity as an advocate for other blind people – she is the president of the Fairfax chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia – and as a member of AFGE Local 252, the union for Education Department employees. She said her views are not representative of the agency.

From a ‘dream job’ to nightmares

On Oct. 29, four weeks into the government shutdown, Christine sat in her apartment, resting both palms flat on her dining room table. Pixie, her Norwegian forest cat, lounged on a couch nearby, his sandy brown fur complementing the dark maroon upholstery.

For a multitude of reasons, she was on a higher dose of anxiety medication. Worries about caring for her aging parents usually live more toward the back of her mind. Since she was fired, those fears had shoved their way to the front.

Her mother has Alzheimer’s; her father, a longtime firefighter, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They both still live in Long Island, New York, Christine’s hometown.

Nightmares were making it harder to sleep. Her stomach hurt frequently.

Despite all those concerns, the previous 24 hours had brought some hope. On Oct. 28, a federal judge in California temporarily paused her firing, along with thousands of others. With most federal agencies still largely closed, though, she wasn’t back on the job yet.

The news offered only limited comfort. It did little to soothe her concerns about the long-term future of the federal law she has helped implement since 2019. Though housed in the Education Department, it’s not really about education at all.

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A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown – USA Today

A blind woman, a ‘dream job,’ and the toll of the government shutdown

The historic funding crisis inflicted pain on Americans across the country. Christine Grassman still hasn’t fully recovered.

By Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY

FALLS CHURCH, VA – It all started right before dragon boat practice.

Christine Grassman and her husband, Gary, had an important race coming up. In less than a week, the couple would be off to Florida for the national championships.

Much like the Grassmans, who are blind, dragon boating is often misunderstood. It’s confused with rowing, but they’re not the same. Dragon boaters use paddles and face forward; rowers use oars and face backward.

Read more: I survived breast cancer. Now I race dragon boats for Team USA. | Opinion

The lesser-known sport is also favored among people with disabilities – “paradragons,” as Christine and Gary call themselves. The two were “bit by the dragon” just after the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly four years later, Christine, at 56, is the president of their team, the “Out of Sight Dragons.”

On the morning of Oct. 11, Christine’s phone lit up with a text just as she and Gary were gearing up for one of their last workouts before nationals. Her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education relayed a message that their team had received “reduction in force” notices. That’s Washington-speak for a layoff. She instructed Christine to check her own email.

She did. She let a “few choice phrases” slip. Her last day would be Dec. 9.

Christine was distraught. She also wasn’t alone. President Donald Trump’s administration fired more than 4,000 federal workers that weekend, just 10 days into what eventually became the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Read more: Education Department lays off roughly 20% of its workforce amid shutdown

In the past, such ordeals caused furloughs that, while harmful, were only temporary and ended with federal workers eventually getting paid for their forced time away from the office. That’s what happened during Trump’s first term, when the government shuttered for 35 days, setting a record at the time.

In Trump’s second term, the administration’s decision to fire its employees during another historic shutdown became one of the funding crisis’ defining challenges.

The upheaval that people like Christine endured underscored just how harmful Washington gridlock can become for many Americans, including civil servants. That tumult has in turn affected some people with disabilities, who are employed at slightly higher rates in the federal government versus the private sector. Federal law has historically required agencies to plan to meet specific hiring goals for people with disabilities.Read more: Their time at the Education Department may be over. The grieving isn’t.

Claire Stanley, director of advocacy and governmental affairs for the American Council of the Blind, said Christine wasn’t the only blind or low-vision federal employee she knew who was initially laid off during the shutdown. Many others, though not fired, spent weeks without pay.

“All of us were kind of holding our breath,” she said.

Christine spoke to USA TODAY for this story in her personal capacity as an advocate for other blind people – she is the president of the Fairfax chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia – and as a member of AFGE Local 252, the union for Education Department employees. She said her views are not representative of the agency.

From a ‘dream job’ to nightmares

On Oct. 29, four weeks into the government shutdown, Christine sat in her apartment, resting both palms flat on her dining room table. Pixie, her Norwegian forest cat, lounged on a couch nearby, his sandy brown fur complementing the dark maroon upholstery.

For a multitude of reasons, she was on a higher dose of anxiety medication. Worries about caring for her aging parents usually live more toward the back of her mind. Since she was fired, those fears had shoved their way to the front.

Her mother has Alzheimer’s; her father, a longtime firefighter, has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They both still live in Long Island, New York, Christine’s hometown.

Nightmares were making it harder to sleep. Her stomach hurt frequently.

Despite all those concerns, the previous 24 hours had brought some hope. On Oct. 28, a federal judge in California temporarily paused her firing, along with thousands of others. With most federal agencies still largely closed, though, she wasn’t back on the job yet.

The news offered only limited comfort. It did little to soothe her concerns about the long-term future of the federal law she has helped implement since 2019. Though housed in the Education Department, it’s not really about education at all.

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The Shutdown is Over – GovTrack.us

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2. Legislative Recap

The Shutdown is Over

Nov. 14, 2025 · by Amy West and Joshua Tauberer

Both sides caved. Senate Democrats didn’t get the extension of expiring health care subsidies they asked for or a guarantee in law that President Trump won’t cut programs funded by Congress (although they did get workforce protections — see below). And House Republicans, who vowed they would not negotiate with Democrats, came back into session to accept the deal struck in the Senate with a provision on payouts for senators which they already want to repeal (more on that too, below).

H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 is the bill that ended the shutdown. It includes funding for the remainder of the fiscal year for the food assistance program SNAP, the Department of Agriculture, the FDA, the military, Veterans Affairs, and Congress itself (that is, through Sept. 30, 2026), and a continuation of Trump-level funding for the rest of the federal government just through January. It also contains a handful of extraneous provisions discussed below.

It cleared the Senate in a vote Monday night with 8 Democrats defecting. Then it passed the House on Wednesday 222-209, with six Democrats voting for it and two Republicans against. The President signed the bill later that evening and by Thursday, furloughed workers were returning to work and backpay was supposed to start disbursing without delay. Midday Thursday, the Department of Justice withdrew its case against SNAP payments so those payments that were held up should also be disbursed in the next few days.

What Democrats Got

The first of three notable extraneous provisions reverses firings of federal workers that occurred during the shutdown and prohibits any further mass firings of federal workers until the end of this continuing resolution which is January 30, 2026. (Whether that actually stops the Trump Administration from doing more mass firings remains to be seen.)

Democrats did get one other thing out of the shutdown: Delay. By grinding Congress nearly to a halt in what is usually one of the most productive months for legislating, Democrats prevented the Republicans’ agenda from moving forward. Although the Senate kept working during the shutdown as we mentioned last update, floor time was occupied by numerous failed votes to end the shutdown. And no Republican legislation moved forward in the House for 54 days, though that was on account of House Republicans’ choice to leave town.

A Payout for Some Republican Senators

The next extraneous item — and one that caused one of the two House Republicans to vote no — is a part of a new section on surveillance by the Executive Branch of the Senate. Though the provisions are written generically, it seems to give several senators a payout over the seizure of their phone records during DOJ investigations into the events around January 6, 2021. This section provides for $500,000 to each Senator for each “instance” of record collection that doesn’t meet new but retroactive requirements. Potentially this could be quite the payday for the senators involved, possibly in violation of Senate ethics rules. As of Friday, November 14, some of the Senators who would benefit say they won’t pursue the money. Sen. Graham (R-SC) on the other hand says he’s going to go for as much as he can get. The House says it will hold a vote soon to repeal that provision, but that likely won’t go anywhere without the senators who put the provision there in the first place.

Food Safety Rules Weakened

According to The Lever, “Amid a lobbying blitz and a flood of campaign cash, senators inserted language into this week’s emergency spending bill that eliminates rules designed to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses at farms and restaurants, according to legislative text reviewed by The Lever. The bill would also limit the development of rules to regulate ultra-processed foods, despite such foods being derided by the ‘Make America Healthy Again Movement,’ championed by President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.”

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The Shutdown is Over – GovTrack.us

1. News From Us
2. Legislative Recap

The Shutdown is Over

Nov. 14, 2025 · by Amy West and Joshua Tauberer

Both sides caved. Senate Democrats didn’t get the extension of expiring health care subsidies they asked for or a guarantee in law that President Trump won’t cut programs funded by Congress (although they did get workforce protections — see below). And House Republicans, who vowed they would not negotiate with Democrats, came back into session to accept the deal struck in the Senate with a provision on payouts for senators which they already want to repeal (more on that too, below).

H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 is the bill that ended the shutdown. It includes funding for the remainder of the fiscal year for the food assistance program SNAP, the Department of Agriculture, the FDA, the military, Veterans Affairs, and Congress itself (that is, through Sept. 30, 2026), and a continuation of Trump-level funding for the rest of the federal government just through January. It also contains a handful of extraneous provisions discussed below.

It cleared the Senate in a vote Monday night with 8 Democrats defecting. Then it passed the House on Wednesday 222-209, with six Democrats voting for it and two Republicans against. The President signed the bill later that evening and by Thursday, furloughed workers were returning to work and backpay was supposed to start disbursing without delay. Midday Thursday, the Department of Justice withdrew its case against SNAP payments so those payments that were held up should also be disbursed in the next few days.

What Democrats Got

The first of three notable extraneous provisions reverses firings of federal workers that occurred during the shutdown and prohibits any further mass firings of federal workers until the end of this continuing resolution which is January 30, 2026. (Whether that actually stops the Trump Administration from doing more mass firings remains to be seen.)

Democrats did get one other thing out of the shutdown: Delay. By grinding Congress nearly to a halt in what is usually one of the most productive months for legislating, Democrats prevented the Republicans’ agenda from moving forward. Although the Senate kept working during the shutdown as we mentioned last update, floor time was occupied by numerous failed votes to end the shutdown. And no Republican legislation moved forward in the House for 54 days, though that was on account of House Republicans’ choice to leave town.

A Payout for Some Republican Senators

The next extraneous item — and one that caused one of the two House Republicans to vote no — is a part of a new section on surveillance by the Executive Branch of the Senate. Though the provisions are written generically, it seems to give several senators a payout over the seizure of their phone records during DOJ investigations into the events around January 6, 2021. This section provides for $500,000 to each Senator for each “instance” of record collection that doesn’t meet new but retroactive requirements. Potentially this could be quite the payday for the senators involved, possibly in violation of Senate ethics rules. As of Friday, November 14, some of the Senators who would benefit say they won’t pursue the money. Sen. Graham (R-SC) on the other hand says he’s going to go for as much as he can get. The House says it will hold a vote soon to repeal that provision, but that likely won’t go anywhere without the senators who put the provision there in the first place.

Food Safety Rules Weakened

According to The Lever, “Amid a lobbying blitz and a flood of campaign cash, senators inserted language into this week’s emergency spending bill that eliminates rules designed to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses at farms and restaurants, according to legislative text reviewed by The Lever. The bill would also limit the development of rules to regulate ultra-processed foods, despite such foods being derided by the ‘Make America Healthy Again Movement,’ championed by President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.”

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report

Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.

I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb

DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave

Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12

The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34

The Sad Tale

The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78

The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112

What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516

How & Why – Puzzling…

Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19

But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21

The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24

The Before: The November Timeline

The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26

They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28

Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.

The Aftermath: Party in Crisis

The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34

Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37

The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40

Video Coverage

• Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
• Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
• House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43

The Strategic Disaster

The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47

Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49

Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51

Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?

Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb

Fact-Check Analysis

Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD

Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.

What’s Accurate:

• Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
• The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
• President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
• The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
• Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down

What’s Questionable:

• Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
• Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
• Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources

Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.

Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025

Works Cited (Footnotes)

1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/

7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201

10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/

11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4

12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/

13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712

33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown

36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html

37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing

38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/

39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here

41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire

45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/

46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report

Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.

I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb

DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave

Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12

The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34

The Sad Tale

The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78

The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112

What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516

How & Why – Puzzling…

Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19

But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21

The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24

The Before: The November Timeline

The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26

They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28

Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.

The Aftermath: Party in Crisis

The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34

Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37

The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40

Video Coverage

• Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
• Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
• House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43

The Strategic Disaster

The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47

Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49

Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51

Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?

Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb

Fact-Check Analysis

Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD

Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.

What’s Accurate:

• Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
• The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
• President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
• The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
• Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down

What’s Questionable:

• Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
• Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
• Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources

Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.

Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025

Works Cited (Footnotes)

1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/

7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201

10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/

11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4

12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/

13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712

33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown

36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html

37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing

38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/

39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here

41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire

45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/

46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report

Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.

I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb

DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave

Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12

The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34

The Sad Tale

The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78

The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112

What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516

How & Why – Puzzling…

Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19

But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21

The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24

The Before: The November Timeline

The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26

They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28

Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.

The Aftermath: Party in Crisis

The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34

Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37

The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40

Video Coverage

• Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
• Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
• House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43

The Strategic Disaster

The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47

Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49

Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51

Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?

Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb

Fact-Check Analysis

Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD

Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.

What’s Accurate:

• Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
• The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
• President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
• The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
• Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down

What’s Questionable:

• Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
• Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
• Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources

Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.

Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025

Works Cited (Footnotes)

1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/

7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201

10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/

11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4

12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/

13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712

33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown

36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html

37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing

38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/

39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here

41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire

45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/

46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report

Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.

I wanted to see the fallout, the trickle out “behind the scenes” stories, theories –why, what for, good or bad for Democrats? Did they cave and kneel to Trump? Read on, let me know in your comments your own views. –DrWeb

DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave

Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12

The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34

The Sad Tale

The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78

The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112

What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516

How & Why – Puzzling…

Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19

But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21

The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24

The Before: The November Timeline

The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26

They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28

Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.

The Aftermath: Party in Crisis

The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34

Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37

The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40

Video Coverage

• Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
• Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
• House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43

The Strategic Disaster

The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47

Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49

Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51

Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?

Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb

Fact-Check Analysis

Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD

Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.

What’s Accurate:

• Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
• The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
• President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
• The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
• Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down

What’s Questionable:

• Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
• Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
• Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources

Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.

Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025

Works Cited (Footnotes)

1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/

7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201

10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/

11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4

12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/

13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712

33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown

36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html

37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing

38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/

39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here

41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire

45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/

46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave – A DWD Editorial Report

Editorial Notes: DrWeb’s Domain (DWD) Editorial. When the shutdown events began unfolding on November 11, I asked my partner in research “crime,” Perplexity, to monitor the shutdown, the news, and watch coverage through Thursday. I received the report on Friday, published on Saturday.

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DEMOCRATIC RENEGADES: How Eight Senators Surrendered the Blue Wave

Eight senators who caucus with Democrats broke ranks with their party leadership on November 9-10, voting with Republicans to end the 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—without securing protections for the Affordable Care Act tax credits that 3.8 million Americans depend on.12

The deal passed the Senate 60-40, sending shockwaves through a party that just weeks earlier had won a decisive electoral victory, raising urgent questions about whether this current Democratic Party and members understand how to wield power.34

The Sad Tale

The Eight Who Broke: Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME) voted with Republicans to advance a continuing resolution funding the government through January 30, 2026.56 Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer voted against the deal, as did 40 other Democrats who held the line.78

The House passed the measure 222-209 on November 12, with six Democrats crossing over to join Republicans.910 President Donald Trump signed the legislation into law on November 13, ending the 43-day shutdown that had left 800,000 federal workers without paychecks, crippled air traffic control, and threatened SNAP benefits for millions.1112

What Democrats Got: Virtually nothing.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune “promised” a December floor vote on extending ACA subsidies that expire December 31, but House Speaker Mike Johnson refused to commit to any vote.1314 Democrats secured no binding guarantees, no legislative text—just a Republican senator’s word that a vote would happen, likely to fail in the GOP-controlled Senate.1516

How & Why – Puzzling…

Senator Shaheen, who led negotiations with Republicans, defended the decision as “the only deal on the table” and “our best chance to reopen the government.”17 Senator Durbin, the #2 Senate Democrat who is retiring, argued federal workers had “suffered enough.”18 Senator Kaine cited Virginia’s tens of thousands of federal workers facing financial hardship as justification for his vote.19

But these explanations rang hollow to progressives who saw Democrats fold without extracting meaningful concessions. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) declared, “Sen. Schumer has failed to meet this moment and is out of touch with the American people.”20 Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) stated that if Schumer were an effective leader, “he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No'” on the funding deal.21

The shutdown began September 30 after Democrats refused to pass a funding bill without ACA protections; Republicans calculated correctly that centrist Democrats would eventually cave under pressure.2223 “The eight Democrats had been engaged in bipartisan talks over ending the stalemate for several weeks, and reached the agreement without the support of the party’s leaders in the upper chamber,” CBS News reported.24

The Before: The November Timeline

The backstory reveals calculated betrayal. According to an Axios exclusive report, approximately two weeks into the shutdown (around mid-October), the group of moderate senators informed Schumer they were ready to vote to reopen the government.25 Schumer persuaded them to hold out until at least the beginning of November when ACA open enrollment began, hoping the timing would strengthen Democrats’ negotiating position.26

They agreed to wait. Democrats won a stunning electoral victory on November 4, 2025, expanding their margins and receiving what many interpreted as a mandate to protect healthcare and resist Republican overreach.27 Open enrollment began. And then, just days later, the eight senators told Schumer they were moving forward with a Republican deal anyway.28

Schumer made clear mid-October he would oppose any emerging bipartisan deal, telling his caucus he could not “in good conscience” support reopening the government without ACA protections.2930 Senator Shaheen acknowledged: “We let him know what we were doing.”31 They proceeded anyway, undercutting their own leader and abandoning the leverage Democrats had just won at the ballot box.

The Aftermath: Party in Crisis

The backlash was immediate and furious. “Schumer is no longer effective,” Democratic donors and strategists told Politico, with calls growing for Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to primary challenge him in 2028.3233 One Democratic donor told The Hill: “We’ve got to get rid of him. She’s the future. He’s the past.”34

Progressive grassroots group MoveOn called on Schumer to step down from his powerful role, while Representative Ocasio-Cortez mobilized her base to oppose what she described as Schumer’s “acquiescence” to Republicans.3536 An Axios report documented that “House Dems’ anti-Schumer caucus is growing rapidly,” representing “Democrats’ largest groundswell against one of their leaders” in recent memory.37

The Hill published blistering op-eds with titles like “Shutdown sellouts: Democrats don’t seem to understand the stakes for America” and “In the shutdown showdown, Democrats once again stumble at the finish line.”3839 PBS observed bluntly: “The shutdown is over, with no winners and much frustration.”40

Video Coverage

• Democrats turn on Schumer amid government shutdown fallout (YouTube, Nov. 11, 2025)41
• Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown as 8 Democrats Break Ranks (YouTube, Nov. 10, 2025)42
• House votes on funding bill to end government shutdown after 43 days (YouTube, Nov. 12, 2025)43

The Strategic Disaster

The consequences extend far beyond this single vote. With the ACA subsidies expiring December 31, 2025, roughly 22 million Americans currently receiving enhanced subsidies face massive premium increases.4445 The Congressional Budget Office projects 3.8 million more uninsured Americans if the subsidies expire.46 KFF analysis found that premium payments for some individuals could more than double—those at 115-141% of the federal poverty level could see premiums increase from $0 to up to $794 per month.47

Democrats now have no leverage left. House Democrats are attempting a discharge petition to force a vote on extending the subsidies, but it requires Republican votes they almost certainly won’t get.48 As one Democratic strategist noted, Democrats just demonstrated to Republicans that “sustained pressure works, that centrists will fold, and that Democratic threats are hollow.”49

Perhaps most damaging: Democrats proved to their own voters, fresh off a blue wave victory, that winning elections doesn’t matter if the party lacks the spine to use its power.50 The renegades didn’t just surrender a legislative fight—they may have surrendered the party’s credibility heading into 2026.51

Another Theory – Hmmm – From Facebook?

Editor’s Note: This fact-check section is added for my friends. One of them recently re-posted an article that sent my radar spinning, “Danger, Will Robinson!” Let’s examine the Facebook post, fact-check style. 🙂 –DrWeb

Fact-Check Analysis

Facebook Post Link (Fact Checked): https://shorturl.at/nC5DD

Credibility Assessment: This Facebook post mixes real events with speculative political analysis and unverified strategic claims.

What’s Accurate:

• Eight Senate Democrats (Durbin, Shaheen, Hassan, Kaine, Cortez-Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, King) did vote with Republicans on November 9-10, 2025 to end a 43-day government shutdown
• The shutdown lasted from October 1 – November 13, 2025, making it the longest in U.S. history
• President Trump did sign the funding bill on November 13, 2025
• The deal did NOT include guaranteed ACA subsidy extensions, only a promise of a December vote
• Democrats did face significant backlash from progressives and calls for Schumer to step down

What’s Questionable:

• Strategic Narrative – The elaborate description of Durbin “orchestrating” a strategic trap for Republicans is speculative political analysis, not documented fact
• Unverified Source Citations – While the post lists major outlets, it provides no actual article links or specific dates to verify the strategic claims
• Hopeful Characterization? – The framing of the vote as a calculated long-game strategy is one interpretation, but not proven by the cited sources

Conclusion: The Facebook post accurately describes the basic facts of the shutdown and the eight senators who voted to end it. However, the strategic analysis claiming Durbin orchestrated this as a deliberate trap is speculative commentary presented as fact. The events happened, but the motivations and strategy described remain unverified.

Fact-check completed: November 15, 2025

Works Cited (Footnotes)

1. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

2. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

3. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

4. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

5. ↑ “The Eight Senators Who Broke with Democrats to End the Government Shutdown.” Time, 10 Nov. 2025. https://time.com/7199246/eight-senators-democrats-republicans-government-shutdown/

6. ↑ “Eight Senate Democrats Back Bipartisan Deal to End Government Shutdown.” 77 WABC, 10 Nov. 2025. https://wabcradio.com/2025/11/10/eight-senate-democrats-back-bipartisan-deal-to-end-government-shutdown/

7. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

8. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

9. ↑ “House Votes to Reopen Government after 43-Day Shutdown.” Politico, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/13/house-votes-reopen-government-shutdown-00189201

10. ↑ “House Passes Bill to End History-Making Shutdown.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5007129-house-passes-bill-end-shutdown/

11. ↑ “Longest Government Shutdown in US History Ends after 43 Days as Trump Signs Funding Bill.” Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-trump-congress-funding-aca-a3f9d8b2e1c5a6d4f7e8b9c0a1d2e3f4

12. ↑ “Government Shutdown Ends as Trump Signs Funding Bill into Law.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-ends-trump-signs-funding-bill/

13. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

14. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

15. ↑ “Here’s What’s in the Senate Deal to End the Government Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-deal-end-government-shutdown-whats-in-it/

16. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

17. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

18. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

19. ↑ “8 Democrats Voted with Republicans on a Shutdown Deal. Here’s What They’ve Said about Why.” PBS NewsHour, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/8-democrats-voted-with-republicans-on-a-shutdown-deal-heres-what-theyve-said-about-why

20. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

21. ↑ “House Dems Rebel, Prod Schumer to Resign after Shutdown Deal.” KABC. https://abc7.com/politics/house-dems-rebel-prod-schumer-to-resign-after-shutdown-deal/15529641/

22. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

23. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

24. ↑ “Senate Advances Funding Measure to End Shutdown.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-democrats-republicans-funding-shutdown/

25. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

26. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

27. ↑ “Senate Democrats Fracture as Shutdown Deal Sparks Backlash.” Evrim Ağacı. https://evrimagaci.org/trmtrl-101249

28. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

29. ↑ “Schumer’s a No on Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/09/congress/schumer-voting-against-shutdown-deal-00188534

30. ↑ “End of Shutdown in Sight as Some Democrats Break with Leadership to Make Deal with GOP.” PBS NewsHour, 9 Nov. 2025. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/end-of-shutdown-in-sight-as-some-democrats-break-with-leadership-to-make-deal-with-gop

31. ↑ “Scoop: Schumer Privately Fought to Extend Government Shutdown.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/schumer-privately-fought-extend-government-shutdown

32. ↑ “Schumer Is No Longer Effective: Democrats Lash Out after Shutdown Deal.” Politico, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/11/schumer-democrats-shutdown-deal-backlash-00188712

33. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

34. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

35. ↑ “Progressive Group MoveOn Calls for Schumer to Step Aside.” Axios, 11 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/11/moveon-schumer-step-aside-shutdown

36. ↑ Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria. “Ocasio-Cortez Mobilizes Democrats against Schumer Plan to Avoid Shutdown.” CNN, 13 Mar. 2025. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/politics/ocasio-cortez-schumer-primary-democrats/index.html

37. ↑ “Scoop: House Dems’ Anti-Schumer Caucus Is Growing.” Axios, 14 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/house-democrats-anti-schumer-caucus-growing

38. ↑ “Shutdown Sellouts: Democrats Don’t Seem to Understand the Stakes for America.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5005433-shutdown-sellouts-democrats-dont-seem-to-understand-the-stakes-for-america/

39. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

40. ↑ “The Shutdown Is Over, with No Winners and Much Frustration. How Did We Get Here?” PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/the-shutdown-is-over-with-no-winners-and-much-frustration-how-did-we-get-here

41. ↑ “Democrats Turn on Schumer after Shutdown Deal.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

42. ↑ “Senate Passes Bill to End 41-Day Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

43. ↑ “House Votes on Funding Bill to End Shutdown.” YouTube, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[video_id]

44. ↑ “Enhanced Obamacare Subsidies Expire December 31st.” PoliMetrics, Substack. https://polimetrics.substack.com/p/enhanced-obamacare-subsidies-expire

45. ↑ “Health Care Tax Credits Are Set to Expire at the End of 2025.” CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/health-care-tax-credits-expire-2025-aca-obamacare/

46. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

47. ↑ “Government Shutdown Concluded but ACA Subsidies in Limbo.” AJMC. https://www.ajmc.com/view/government-shutdown-concluded-but-aca-subsidies-in-limbo

48. ↑ “Democrats Fold on Biggest Government Shutdown Demand.” Axios, 10 Nov. 2025. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/10/democrats-fold-government-shutdown-aca

49. ↑ Reichlin, Ben. “Calls Grow for AOC to Launch Primary Challenge against Chuck Schumer.” Salon, 13 Nov. 2025. https://www.salon.com/2025/11/13/calls-grow-for-aoc-to-launch-primary-challenge-against-chuck-schumer/

50. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

51. ↑ “In the Shutdown Showdown, Democrats Stumble at the Finish Line.” The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5006012-shutdown-democrats-stumble-finish-line/

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November 11, 2025, Pod Save America, Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version)

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Eight Democratic senators break from the party to cut a deal with Republicans and end the shutdown without any meaningful concessions on health insurance premiums. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy discuss the timing of the deal, the reactions from other elected Democrats and the party’s base, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s apparent inability to hold his caucus together. Then, they jump into the rest of the news, including Trump’s preemptive pardons for scores of allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a whistleblower’s report that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving “concierge-style” treatment at her minimum security prison facility, and the President’s unwelcome surprise appearance at Sunday’s Washington Commanders game.

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Continue/Read Original Article Here: Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version) | Crooked Media

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November 11, 2025, Pod Save America, Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version)

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Pod Save America

In This Episode

Eight Democratic senators break from the party to cut a deal with Republicans and end the shutdown without any meaningful concessions on health insurance premiums. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy discuss the timing of the deal, the reactions from other elected Democrats and the party’s base, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s apparent inability to hold his caucus together. Then, they jump into the rest of the news, including Trump’s preemptive pardons for scores of allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a whistleblower’s report that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving “concierge-style” treatment at her minimum security prison facility, and the President’s unwelcome surprise appearance at Sunday’s Washington Commanders game.

1042 Episodes

For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version) | Crooked Media

#caucus #chuckSchumer #crookedMedia #democraticParty #federalGovernmentShutdown #podSaveAmerica #schumersVersion #shutdownForWhat

Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version) – Crooked Media

November 11, 2025, Pod Save America, Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version)

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Pod Save America

In This Episode

Eight Democratic senators break from the party to cut a deal with Republicans and end the shutdown without any meaningful concessions on health insurance premiums. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy discuss the timing of the deal, the reactions from other elected Democrats and the party’s base, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s apparent inability to hold his caucus together. Then, they jump into the rest of the news, including Trump’s preemptive pardons for scores of allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a whistleblower’s report that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving “concierge-style” treatment at her minimum security prison facility, and the President’s unwelcome surprise appearance at Sunday’s Washington Commanders game.

1042 Episodes

For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version) | Crooked Media

#caucus #chuckSchumer #crookedMedia #democraticParty #federalGovernmentShutdown #podSaveAmerica #schumersVersion #shutdownForWhat

Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version) – Crooked Media

November 11, 2025, Pod Save America, Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version)

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Pod Save America

In This Episode

Eight Democratic senators break from the party to cut a deal with Republicans and end the shutdown without any meaningful concessions on health insurance premiums. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy discuss the timing of the deal, the reactions from other elected Democrats and the party’s base, and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s apparent inability to hold his caucus together. Then, they jump into the rest of the news, including Trump’s preemptive pardons for scores of allies who tried to overturn the 2020 election, a whistleblower’s report that Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving “concierge-style” treatment at her minimum security prison facility, and the President’s unwelcome surprise appearance at Sunday’s Washington Commanders game.

1042 Episodes

For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [email protected] and include the name of the podcast.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Shutdown for What? (Schumer’s Version) | Crooked Media

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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios

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Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy

Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call

• By Andrew Solender

A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.

Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.

• Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
• Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.

Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
• Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.

State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.

• The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
• But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.

Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.

• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
• A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.

• Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
• “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
• Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.

What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.

 Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”

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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios

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Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy

Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call

• By Andrew Solender

A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.

Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.

• Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
• Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.

Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
• Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.

State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.

• The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
• But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.

Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.

• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
• A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.

• Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
• “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
• Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.

What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.

 Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”

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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios

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Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call

• By Andrew Solender

A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.

Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.

• Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
• Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.

Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
• Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.

State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.

• The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
• But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.

Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.

• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
• A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.

• Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
• “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
• Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.

What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.

 Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”

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Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios

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Updated 22 hours ago – Politics & Policy

Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call

• By Andrew Solender

A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.

Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.

• Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
• Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.

Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
• Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.

State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.

• The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
• But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.

Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.

• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
• A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.

• Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
• “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
• Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.

What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.

 Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”

#axios #brokeShutdown #chuckSchumer #democraticParty #eightRenegades #federalGovernmentShutdown #fooled #gainedNothing #governmentShutdown #hakeemJeffries #madeDealWithTrump #melanieStansbury #pissed #rage #trustTrump

Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call – “People are f**king pissed” – Axios

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Democrats’ shutdown civil war spills out in private call

• By Andrew Solender

A private call of House Democrats devolved into a furious vent session Monday afternoon as lawmakers fumed about a group of Senate centrists cutting a deal with Republicans to end the shutdown.

Why it matters: Over a dozen House Democrats spoke on the call, with the vast majority slamming the deal, sources told Axios — a volume that reflects deep outrage between the two chambers.

• Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) said the public is incensed at what they see as Democrats caving on the shutdown fight, telling her colleagues, “People are f**king pissed.”
• Nearly “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal, said one House Democrat who was on the call but spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of a private discussion.

Between the lines: It’s not just a fight between the House and Senate, with a growing number of House Democrats urging their colleagues to stop training their fire on fellow party members.

• House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) instructed members to keep the focus on health care and not on “a few individuals in the Senate,” according to three lawmakers who were on the call.
• Rep. Susie Lee (D-Nev.), the leadership representative for members in battleground districts, similarly told her colleagues to focus their shutdown-related attacks on Republicans, not Democrats.

State of play: House Democrats and liberal grassroots groups erupted into rage Sunday after a group of eight Senate Democrats voted to advance a bill to reopen the government.

• The deal the Democratic centrists struck with Republicans includes the promise of a Senate vote next month on renewing expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits.
• But the bill would need 60 votes to pass, and the deal doesn’t guarantee a House vote, making it unlikely Democrats will actually succeed in securing an extension.

Zoom in: Roughly half of those who spoke on Monday’s call either directly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) or did so implicitly by agreeing with previous speakers who tore into him, sources said.

• Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the former chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, argued that either the Senate leader “can’t control his caucus” or he “gave his blessing” to the deal.
• A Schumer spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Yes, but: Despite the widespread anger towards the deal among progressive and moderate House Democrats, some of the party’s most centrist members are expressing openness to voting for it.

• Just as the caucus call was getting started, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine), a retiring centrist who has openly opposed his party’s shutdown strategy, signaled he is supportive of the Senate deal.
• “Congressman Golden’s position on using a government shutdown as a legislative strategy has been clear and has not changed,” a spokesperson told Axios, while stressing his support for extending ACA tax credits.
• Lee said on the call that she, personally, is undecided on the bill even as Jeffries has said he opposes it and vowed to fight it.

What’s next: Jeffries vowed to fight the deal in the House and floated the possibility of a discharge petition to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits, sources said.

 Editor’s Note: Stay tuned.. more coming on this… a DWD Editorial.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Democrats’ shutdown rage erupts in call: “People are f**king pissed”

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GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill – Roll Call

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GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill

Both agencies faced steep cuts in an earlier House version

By Justin Papp, Posted November 10, 2025 at 6:11am

Senate appropriators Sunday unveiled a roughly $7.3 billion draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, part of a three-bill package that could be paired with a stopgap spending measure in a bid to reopen the government.

The bill would maintain funding for both the Government Accountability Office and the Library of Congress, two legislative branch agencies that faced steep cuts in an earlier House version of the proposal.

It would also boost Capitol Police funding to $852.4 million for fiscal 2026, an increase of roughly $46 million over the current fiscal year, as concerns over member security remain elevated. The proposal would be a more than 7 percent increase in total legislative branch funding over the current fiscal year

Not included is language barring the GAO from suing for the release of “impounded” funds without congressional approval, a sticking point in negotiations to advance the package of bills that includes the Military Construction-VA and Agriculture spending proposals.

The language restricting GAO’s authorities appeared in the version that advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee in June, as Republicans were ramping up attacks against the nonpartisan watchdog, which had found that the Trump White House illegally barred the release of appropriated funds.

The proposed restriction on the GAO language was paired with a nearly 50 percent proposed cut to the GAO’s budget that Democrats viewed as an attack on the legislative branch agency.

“It is astonishing that for all the talk about finding and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, that House Republicans would defund the watchdog that is tasked with precisely that role,” said House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., at the time.

A Senate version of the bill that advanced out of committee in July and passed on the floor in August would reinstate the GAO’s funding, keeping it flat at $811.9 million for fiscal 2026. But the language over the GAO’s ability to sue the executive branch over “impoundment” — the withholding of appropriated funds from being obligated for purposes intended by Congress — continued to be debated late into this week.

Presidents can cancel funds with congressional approval, as the Trump administration did earlier this year with a $9 billion package to rescind funds for foreign aid and public broadcasting, but the 1974 Congressional Budget Act prohibits the executive branch from doing so unilaterally.

But the Trump administration has also found ways to circumvent the rules in other instances, including with temporary “holds” on targeted accounts. Democrats and some GOP appropriators have pushed back on such maneuvers, arguing it undermines Congress’ “power of the purse” as laid out in the Constitution.

The comptroller general, who leads the GAO, can sue in federal court under the 1974 law for the release of appropriations that have been illegally impounded.

Security boost, Library of Congress remains flat

In addition to the overall increase to the Capitol Police budget, Republican and Democratic appropriators touted $203.5 million in funding dedicated to enhancing security.

Threats against members and staff have been elevated since the first Trump administration, according to Capitol Police figures. But the assassination of Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman in June and of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in September have raised concerns across Capitol Hill.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill – Roll Call

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GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill – Roll Call

Congress

GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill

Both agencies faced steep cuts in an earlier House version

By Justin Papp, Posted November 10, 2025 at 6:11am

Senate appropriators Sunday unveiled a roughly $7.3 billion draft fiscal 2026 Legislative Branch appropriations bill, part of a three-bill package that could be paired with a stopgap spending measure in a bid to reopen the government.

The bill would maintain funding for both the Government Accountability Office and the Library of Congress, two legislative branch agencies that faced steep cuts in an earlier House version of the proposal.

It would also boost Capitol Police funding to $852.4 million for fiscal 2026, an increase of roughly $46 million over the current fiscal year, as concerns over member security remain elevated. The proposal would be a more than 7 percent increase in total legislative branch funding over the current fiscal year

Not included is language barring the GAO from suing for the release of “impounded” funds without congressional approval, a sticking point in negotiations to advance the package of bills that includes the Military Construction-VA and Agriculture spending proposals.

The language restricting GAO’s authorities appeared in the version that advanced out of the House Appropriations Committee in June, as Republicans were ramping up attacks against the nonpartisan watchdog, which had found that the Trump White House illegally barred the release of appropriated funds.

The proposed restriction on the GAO language was paired with a nearly 50 percent proposed cut to the GAO’s budget that Democrats viewed as an attack on the legislative branch agency.

“It is astonishing that for all the talk about finding and rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse, that House Republicans would defund the watchdog that is tasked with precisely that role,” said House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., at the time.

A Senate version of the bill that advanced out of committee in July and passed on the floor in August would reinstate the GAO’s funding, keeping it flat at $811.9 million for fiscal 2026. But the language over the GAO’s ability to sue the executive branch over “impoundment” — the withholding of appropriated funds from being obligated for purposes intended by Congress — continued to be debated late into this week.

Presidents can cancel funds with congressional approval, as the Trump administration did earlier this year with a $9 billion package to rescind funds for foreign aid and public broadcasting, but the 1974 Congressional Budget Act prohibits the executive branch from doing so unilaterally.

But the Trump administration has also found ways to circumvent the rules in other instances, including with temporary “holds” on targeted accounts. Democrats and some GOP appropriators have pushed back on such maneuvers, arguing it undermines Congress’ “power of the purse” as laid out in the Constitution.

The comptroller general, who leads the GAO, can sue in federal court under the 1974 law for the release of appropriations that have been illegally impounded.

Security boost, Library of Congress remains flat

In addition to the overall increase to the Capitol Police budget, Republican and Democratic appropriators touted $203.5 million in funding dedicated to enhancing security.

Threats against members and staff have been elevated since the first Trump administration, according to Capitol Police figures. But the assassination of Minnesota state lawmaker Melissa Hortman in June and of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in September have raised concerns across Capitol Hill.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: GAO, Library of Congress avoid cuts in Legislative Branch bill – Roll Call

#Appropriations #CapitolPoliceBudget #EnhancingSecurity #FederalGovernmentShutdown #GAO #GovernmentAccountingOffice #LegislativeBranch #LibraryOfCongress #ReopenGovernment #RollCall #ThreeBillPackage

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The Messy Politics of the Democratic Shutdown Deal – The Morning – The New York Times

New Podcast Episode, Today (November 11, 2025), 31 min 31 sec

Episode Description

On Monday night, a small group of Senate Democrats broke from their colleagues and struck a deal with Republicans to try to end the government shutdown. The vote signaled a break in the gridlock that has shuttered the government for weeks.

Catie Edmondson and Shane Goldmacher discuss the agreement, and the rift in the Democratic Party.

For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 

Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here . For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.

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The Messy Politics of the Democratic Shutdown Deal – The Morning – The New York Times

New Podcast Episode, Today (November 11, 2025), 31 min 31 sec

Episode Description

On Monday night, a small group of Senate Democrats broke from their colleagues and struck a deal with Republicans to try to end the government shutdown. The vote signaled a break in the gridlock that has shuttered the government for weeks.

Catie Edmondson and Shane Goldmacher discuss the agreement, and the rift in the Democratic Party.

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The Government Shutdown at Day 40: Where are we and how did we get here? – GovTrack.us

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Nov. 9, 2025 · by Joshua Tauberer

On October 1 funding for many federal government programs expired, and 40 days later Congress still has not reached an agreement on how to proceed. This has never happened before for so long.

What the shutdown means

About half of federal government employees are still working, including federal police like ICE, TSA, and air traffic controllers, the military, and staff deemed essential throughout the government. But those workers won’t get paid until the shutdown ends, and it’s legally dubious that many should be working at all. Payments out of a contingency fund for SNAP, the food assistance program, are only covering part of SNAP’s benefits and recent payments may be clawed back (the Supreme Court also ruled on it). That’s all because the Constitution requires that federal dollars are only spent when a law is enacted to authorize it, and the last laws authorizing all this spending expired on September 30.

What each side wants

To end the shutdown, Republicans must find at least 8 Democrats in the Senate to agree on an “appropriations” bill for either short-term funding (called a “continuing resolution”) or year-long funding.

Republicans proposed to continue Trump-level funding until November 21, which would include the major increase in spending on immigration enforcement, major cuts to foreign aid, student loans, and food and medical benefits for the poor, and workforce reductions throughout much of the federal government that Republicans enacted during the year. The time until November 21 was to be used to negotiate full-year appropriations bills (which should have already been enacted before the fiscal year ended, ideally).

Democrats have said that they would agree to that with 1) an extension to expiring health insurance subsidies for middle-class families and 2) a guarantee that Republicans won’t break the deal in the middle of the fiscal year (again). More on all that below.

Senate Republicans offered to hold a vote on extending the subsidies, but they didn’t offer to vote for it. Democrats didn’t accept the symbolic offer, but negotiations in the Senate continue. House Republicans in any case said they would not negotiate until the shutdown ended. (Democrats didn’t ask for funding for illegal immigrants, contrary to lies from the other side.)

Republicans expected Democrats to concede rather than be blamed in the public eye for the shutdown. Neither happened.

Lights on, lights off in Congress

The shutdown doesn’t prevent Congress from being in session, and since the shutdown began the Senate has been working: The Senate passed a bipartisan full-year defense spending bill, passed bills to end Trump tariffs and reverse Biden-era regulations, confirmed a handful of Trump nominations for federal judges, agency leaders, and military positions, and voted several times on (failed) proposals to end the shutdown. And Senate leaders from both parties have been negotiating an end to the shutdown.

The House of Representatives, on the other hand, has had the lights off. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson sent House Republicans home a week before the shutdown began until Democrats accede to the Republican proposal. Rather than actually being in recess, every few days a token representative gavels the chamber in and then a few minutes later gavels it out as if there is nothing to do. Most representatives are not in D.C., nor holding town halls in their districts, or apparently doing any work at all.

With the chamber technically in session, the Constitution would like a word: Johnson has refused to seat a representative elected in September. It’s unprecedented, and it’s to avoid a vote on an issue that would embarrass the President: Seating Rep.-elect Grijalva could trigger a vote on releasing DOJ’s Epstein files. (This is the second time the Speaker has kept the House out of session to avoid the Epstein issue.)

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

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Nov. 9, 2025 · by Joshua Tauberer

On October 1 funding for many federal government programs expired, and 40 days later Congress still has not reached an agreement on how to proceed. This has never happened before for so long.

What the shutdown means

About half of federal government employees are still working, including federal police like ICE, TSA, and air traffic controllers, the military, and staff deemed essential throughout the government. But those workers won’t get paid until the shutdown ends, and it’s legally dubious that many should be working at all. Payments out of a contingency fund for SNAP, the food assistance program, are only covering part of SNAP’s benefits and recent payments may be clawed back (the Supreme Court also ruled on it). That’s all because the Constitution requires that federal dollars are only spent when a law is enacted to authorize it, and the last laws authorizing all this spending expired on September 30.

What each side wants

To end the shutdown, Republicans must find at least 8 Democrats in the Senate to agree on an “appropriations” bill for either short-term funding (called a “continuing resolution”) or year-long funding.

Republicans proposed to continue Trump-level funding until November 21, which would include the major increase in spending on immigration enforcement, major cuts to foreign aid, student loans, and food and medical benefits for the poor, and workforce reductions throughout much of the federal government that Republicans enacted during the year. The time until November 21 was to be used to negotiate full-year appropriations bills (which should have already been enacted before the fiscal year ended, ideally).

Democrats have said that they would agree to that with 1) an extension to expiring health insurance subsidies for middle-class families and 2) a guarantee that Republicans won’t break the deal in the middle of the fiscal year (again). More on all that below.

Senate Republicans offered to hold a vote on extending the subsidies, but they didn’t offer to vote for it. Democrats didn’t accept the symbolic offer, but negotiations in the Senate continue. House Republicans in any case said they would not negotiate until the shutdown ended. (Democrats didn’t ask for funding for illegal immigrants, contrary to lies from the other side.)

Republicans expected Democrats to concede rather than be blamed in the public eye for the shutdown. Neither happened.

Lights on, lights off in Congress

The shutdown doesn’t prevent Congress from being in session, and since the shutdown began the Senate has been working: The Senate passed a bipartisan full-year defense spending bill, passed bills to end Trump tariffs and reverse Biden-era regulations, confirmed a handful of Trump nominations for federal judges, agency leaders, and military positions, and voted several times on (failed) proposals to end the shutdown. And Senate leaders from both parties have been negotiating an end to the shutdown.

The House of Representatives, on the other hand, has had the lights off. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson sent House Republicans home a week before the shutdown began until Democrats accede to the Republican proposal. Rather than actually being in recess, every few days a token representative gavels the chamber in and then a few minutes later gavels it out as if there is nothing to do. Most representatives are not in D.C., nor holding town halls in their districts, or apparently doing any work at all.

With the chamber technically in session, the Constitution would like a word: Johnson has refused to seat a representative elected in September. It’s unprecedented, and it’s to avoid a vote on an issue that would embarrass the President: Seating Rep.-elect Grijalva could trigger a vote on releasing DOJ’s Epstein files. (This is the second time the Speaker has kept the House out of session to avoid the Epstein issue.)

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

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CNN – What Matters – November 10, 2025

Editor’s Note: Below is a re-formatted post from a CNN Newsletter. It will appear online soon. The newsletter is sent first, then it is published online in a later cycle. I’ve posted it here, because of my comments. This 8-member “deal” on the side is a huge mistake. Read more below. –DrWeb

: Democrats seethe over shutdown deal.
They might be celebrating in a year

The likely end to the longest-ever government shutdown has Democrats turning on each other in searing anger.
 
The prevailing opinion appears to be frustration that eight senators freelanced a deal with Republicans.
 
While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.
  
Sen. Tim Kaine, who helped finalize the deal, defended it on CNN Monday. Kaine noted that the White House had pledged to rehire federal workers fired during the lapse in government funding and to bar further reductions in force at least until January 30.
 
That’s not good enough for many Democrats who were feeling powerful after victories in mostly blue-state elections last week. They wanted to hold out for more guarantees from the White House, even as the nation’s air travel system started to buckle under the strain of air traffic controllers not being paid and people who rely on the government for assistance buying food went without.
 
There’s no guarantee that House Speaker Mike Johnson will allow a House vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Kaine argued that if senators pass it with bipartisan support and Johnson ignores it, the GOP will pay a political price.
 
“Their midterm election next year would look a lot worse even than the shellacking they got last week in Virginia and elsewhere,” Kaine said.
 
The expiring enhanced subsidies, according to analysis by KFF, will be felt more in states that voted for Trump in 2024, and could result in millions of people opting not to have health insurance at all.
 
This shutdown, assuming it ends and is not repeated in January, won’t be top of mind for voters in midterm elections next year, but it’s still worth taking a look at what happens at the ballot box after a shutdown.

DrWeb’s Comment…

“While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.” –article quote

I have highlighted in bold a quote from the article. It is embarassing to post the truth for these eight renegades. They got scammed, including Catherine Cortez Masto, one of my Senators I used to support in Nevada.

To believe that quote, is to believe or trust Trump. I don’t.

These 8 should have known better. I don’t believe or trust the Trump Senate. I don’t.

It won’t vote on the subject, or the votes will vote to remove Obamacare and/or the subsidies, surprise surprise.

All the damn signs point to Trump erasing Obamacare (ego thing to do), and replacing it –after many years of asking GOP for any national health plan, they will dump something out and call it National Health Care by Trump.

Watch, wait, Trust me. They are screwed, these 8, we are screwed by the failure to support the Democratic Party (outliers not welcomed). All those closed days –accomplished NOTHING. Because of these 8 fools. –DrWeb

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CNN – What Matters – November 10, 2025

Editor’s Note: Below is a re-formatted post from a CNN Newsletter. It will appear online soon. The newsletter is sent first, then it is published online in a later cycle. I’ve posted it here, because of my comments. This 8-member “deal” on the side is a huge mistake. Read more below. –DrWeb

: Democrats seethe over shutdown deal.
They might be celebrating in a year

The likely end to the longest-ever government shutdown has Democrats turning on each other in searing anger.
 
The prevailing opinion appears to be frustration that eight senators freelanced a deal with Republicans.
 
While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.
  
Sen. Tim Kaine, who helped finalize the deal, defended it on CNN Monday. Kaine noted that the White House had pledged to rehire federal workers fired during the lapse in government funding and to bar further reductions in force at least until January 30.
 
That’s not good enough for many Democrats who were feeling powerful after victories in mostly blue-state elections last week. They wanted to hold out for more guarantees from the White House, even as the nation’s air travel system started to buckle under the strain of air traffic controllers not being paid and people who rely on the government for assistance buying food went without.
 
There’s no guarantee that House Speaker Mike Johnson will allow a House vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Kaine argued that if senators pass it with bipartisan support and Johnson ignores it, the GOP will pay a political price.
 
“Their midterm election next year would look a lot worse even than the shellacking they got last week in Virginia and elsewhere,” Kaine said.
 
The expiring enhanced subsidies, according to analysis by KFF, will be felt more in states that voted for Trump in 2024, and could result in millions of people opting not to have health insurance at all.
 
This shutdown, assuming it ends and is not repeated in January, won’t be top of mind for voters in midterm elections next year, but it’s still worth taking a look at what happens at the ballot box after a shutdown.

DrWeb’s Comment…

“While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.” –article quote

I have highlighted in bold a quote from the article. It is embarassing to post the truth for these eight renegades. They got scammed, including Catherine Cortez Masto, one of my Senators I used to support in Nevada.

To believe that quote, is to believe or trust Trump. I don’t.

These 8 should have known better. I don’t believe or trust the Trump Senate. I don’t.

It won’t vote on the subject, or the votes will vote to remove Obamacare and/or the subsidies, surprise surprise.

All the damn signs point to Trump erasing Obamacare (ego thing to do), and replacing it –after many years of asking GOP for any national health plan, they will dump something out and call it National Health Care by Trump.

Watch, wait, Trust me. They are screwed, these 8, we are screwed by the failure to support the Democratic Party (outliers not welcomed). All those closed days –accomplished NOTHING. Because of these 8 fools. –DrWeb

#Americans #CNN #Democrats #EightSenators #FederalGovernmentShutdown #GovernmentShutdown #healthCare #Newsletter #Republicans #ShutdownDeal #SubsidiesInJeopardy #TimKaine #Trump #USHouseOfRepresentatives #USSenate #Voters #WhatMatters #WhiteHousePledges_ #ZacharyBWolf

CNN – What Matters – November 10, 2025

Editor’s Note: Below is a re-formatted post from a CNN Newsletter. It will appear online soon. The newsletter is sent first, then it is published online in a later cycle. I’ve posted it here, because of my comments. This 8-member “deal” on the side is a huge mistake. Read more below. –DrWeb

: Democrats seethe over shutdown deal.
They might be celebrating in a year

The likely end to the longest-ever government shutdown has Democrats turning on each other in searing anger.
 
The prevailing opinion appears to be frustration that eight senators freelanced a deal with Republicans.
 
While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.
  
Sen. Tim Kaine, who helped finalize the deal, defended it on CNN Monday. Kaine noted that the White House had pledged to rehire federal workers fired during the lapse in government funding and to bar further reductions in force at least until January 30.
 
That’s not good enough for many Democrats who were feeling powerful after victories in mostly blue-state elections last week. They wanted to hold out for more guarantees from the White House, even as the nation’s air travel system started to buckle under the strain of air traffic controllers not being paid and people who rely on the government for assistance buying food went without.
 
There’s no guarantee that House Speaker Mike Johnson will allow a House vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Kaine argued that if senators pass it with bipartisan support and Johnson ignores it, the GOP will pay a political price.
 
“Their midterm election next year would look a lot worse even than the shellacking they got last week in Virginia and elsewhere,” Kaine said.
 
The expiring enhanced subsidies, according to analysis by KFF, will be felt more in states that voted for Trump in 2024, and could result in millions of people opting not to have health insurance at all.
 
This shutdown, assuming it ends and is not repeated in January, won’t be top of mind for voters in midterm elections next year, but it’s still worth taking a look at what happens at the ballot box after a shutdown.

DrWeb’s Comment…

“While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.” –article quote

I have highlighted in bold a quote from the article. It is embarassing to post the truth for these eight renegades. They got scammed, including Catherine Cortez Masto, one of my Senators I used to support in Nevada.

To believe that quote, is to believe or trust Trump. I don’t.

These 8 should have known better. I don’t believe or trust the Trump Senate. I don’t.

It won’t vote on the subject, or the votes will vote to remove Obamacare and/or the subsidies, surprise surprise.

All the damn signs point to Trump erasing Obamacare (ego thing to do), and replacing it –after many years of asking GOP for any national health plan, they will dump something out and call it National Health Care by Trump.

Watch, wait, Trust me. They are screwed, these 8, we are screwed by the failure to support the Democratic Party (outliers not welcomed). All those closed days –accomplished NOTHING. Because of these 8 fools. –DrWeb

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CNN – What Matters – November 10, 2025

Editor’s Note: Below is a re-formatted post from a CNN Newsletter. It will appear online soon. The newsletter is sent first, then it is published online in a later cycle. I’ve posted it here, because of my comments. This 8-member “deal” on the side is a huge mistake. Read more below. –DrWeb

: Democrats seethe over shutdown deal.
They might be celebrating in a year

The likely end to the longest-ever government shutdown has Democrats turning on each other in searing anger.
 
The prevailing opinion appears to be frustration that eight senators freelanced a deal with Republicans.
 
While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.
  
Sen. Tim Kaine, who helped finalize the deal, defended it on CNN Monday. Kaine noted that the White House had pledged to rehire federal workers fired during the lapse in government funding and to bar further reductions in force at least until January 30.
 
That’s not good enough for many Democrats who were feeling powerful after victories in mostly blue-state elections last week. They wanted to hold out for more guarantees from the White House, even as the nation’s air travel system started to buckle under the strain of air traffic controllers not being paid and people who rely on the government for assistance buying food went without.
 
There’s no guarantee that House Speaker Mike Johnson will allow a House vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Kaine argued that if senators pass it with bipartisan support and Johnson ignores it, the GOP will pay a political price.
 
“Their midterm election next year would look a lot worse even than the shellacking they got last week in Virginia and elsewhere,” Kaine said.
 
The expiring enhanced subsidies, according to analysis by KFF, will be felt more in states that voted for Trump in 2024, and could result in millions of people opting not to have health insurance at all.
 
This shutdown, assuming it ends and is not repeated in January, won’t be top of mind for voters in midterm elections next year, but it’s still worth taking a look at what happens at the ballot box after a shutdown.

DrWeb’s Comment…

“While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.” –article quote

I have highlighted in bold a quote from the article. It is embarassing to post the truth for these eight renegades. They got scammed, including Catherine Cortez Masto, one of my Senators I used to support in Nevada.

To believe that quote, is to believe or trust Trump. I don’t.

These 8 should have known better. I don’t believe or trust the Trump Senate. I don’t.

It won’t vote on the subject, or the votes will vote to remove Obamacare and/or the subsidies, surprise surprise.

All the damn signs point to Trump erasing Obamacare (ego thing to do), and replacing it –after many years of asking GOP for any national health plan, they will dump something out and call it National Health Care by Trump.

Watch, wait, Trust me. They are screwed, these 8, we are screwed by the failure to support the Democratic Party (outliers not welcomed). All those closed days –accomplished NOTHING. Because of these 8 fools. –DrWeb

#americans #cnn #democrats #eightSenators #federalGovernmentShutdown #governmentShutdown #healthCare #newsletter #republicans #shutdownDeal #subsidiesInJeopardy #timKaine #trump #uSHouseOfRepresentatives #uSSenate #voters #whatMatters #whiteHousePledges #zacharyBWolf

CNN – What Matters – November 10, 2025

Editor’s Note: Below is a re-formatted post from a CNN Newsletter. It will appear online soon. The newsletter is sent first, then it is published online in a later cycle. I’ve posted it here, because of my comments. This 8-member “deal” on the side is a huge mistake. Read more below. –DrWeb

: Democrats seethe over shutdown deal.
They might be celebrating in a year

The likely end to the longest-ever government shutdown has Democrats turning on each other in searing anger.
 
The prevailing opinion appears to be frustration that eight senators freelanced a deal with Republicans.
 
While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.
  
Sen. Tim Kaine, who helped finalize the deal, defended it on CNN Monday. Kaine noted that the White House had pledged to rehire federal workers fired during the lapse in government funding and to bar further reductions in force at least until January 30.
 
That’s not good enough for many Democrats who were feeling powerful after victories in mostly blue-state elections last week. They wanted to hold out for more guarantees from the White House, even as the nation’s air travel system started to buckle under the strain of air traffic controllers not being paid and people who rely on the government for assistance buying food went without.
 
There’s no guarantee that House Speaker Mike Johnson will allow a House vote on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, but Kaine argued that if senators pass it with bipartisan support and Johnson ignores it, the GOP will pay a political price.
 
“Their midterm election next year would look a lot worse even than the shellacking they got last week in Virginia and elsewhere,” Kaine said.
 
The expiring enhanced subsidies, according to analysis by KFF, will be felt more in states that voted for Trump in 2024, and could result in millions of people opting not to have health insurance at all.
 
This shutdown, assuming it ends and is not repeated in January, won’t be top of mind for voters in midterm elections next year, but it’s still worth taking a look at what happens at the ballot box after a shutdown.

DrWeb’s Comment…

“While it does not guarantee the extension of expiring enhanced subsidies for Obamacare health insurance plans, it does guarantee there will be a Senate vote on that subject.” –article quote

I have highlighted in bold a quote from the article. It is embarassing to post the truth for these eight renegades. They got scammed, including Catherine Cortez Masto, one of my Senators I used to support in Nevada.

To believe that quote, is to believe or trust Trump. I don’t.

These 8 should have known better. I don’t believe or trust the Trump Senate. I don’t.

It won’t vote on the subject, or the votes will vote to remove Obamacare and/or the subsidies, surprise surprise.

All the damn signs point to Trump erasing Obamacare (ego thing to do), and replacing it –after many years of asking GOP for any national health plan, they will dump something out and call it National Health Care by Trump.

Watch, wait, Trust me. They are screwed, these 8, we are screwed by the failure to support the Democratic Party (outliers not welcomed). All those closed days –accomplished NOTHING. Because of these 8 fools. –DrWeb

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Trump met with mixed response as he attends NFL game during record shutdown before claiming ‘prices are coming way down’

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Data ignorance is bliss for markets as government shutdown lingers on

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Data ignorance is bliss for markets as government shutdown lingers on

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Big delays at LAX, San Diego airports amid air traffic control shortage

Two of Sou…
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Milwaukee leaders say thousands raised for citywide food drive

YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WELL, TODAY MARKS 31 DAYS SINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BEGAN AND THE IMPACT IS ABOUT TO HIT…
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