US EditionFetterman on Shutdown: 'This Was a Failure'
Fetterman urges Democrats to end the 23-day shutdown, highlighting risks to over 40 million SNAP recipients and federal workers missing paychecks.
- On Thursday, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman publicly criticized Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for blocking a pay measure ensuring essential federal workers and U.S. service members received paychecks.
- The party has maintained that any funding deal must include extensions of expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, while Senate Democrats, led by Schumer, have filibustered bipartisan legislation, prompting GOP lawmakers to accuse them of using unpaid workers as leverage.
- Data-first: More than 40 million Americans rely on SNAP, including two million Pennsylvanians and over 400,000 using Obamacare tax credits; funding expires November 1, with over 25 states warning freezes.
- The Senate failed to advance the pay measure, as it did not clear the 60-vote threshold, leaving millions of Americans in limbo and prompting a vote next week on GOP legislation to pay workers at airports.
- Political fallout: Some Democrats are publicly criticizing the party's shutdown strategy, and an Axios report revealed Pennsylvania Democrats plotting primary challenges to Fetterman, including Rep. Brendan Boyle and former Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb.
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Fetterman on shutdown: 'This was a failure'
BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), who once served as mayor of the Mon Valley city home to Andrew Carnegie’s first steel plant, has been clear from the start of the government shutdown that he opposes it entirely. He hasn’t just talked about opposing the shutdown — he has acted. Over the shutdown’s 40 days, he has cast 15 votes in favor of reopening the government. When it was announced Sunday that six other Democrats and an in…
Fetterman Breaks Ranks: Dems 'Need to Own the Shutdown'
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., openly criticized his own party‘s refusal to reopen the government on CNN’s “State of the Union,” stating that Democrats “really need to own the shutdown.“ PA Senator John Fetterman blames his own party for the shutdown ? @CNNSOTU "I feel like the Democrats really need to own the shutdown. I mean, WE’RE shutting it down." pic.twitter.com/62CIaFTX1C— Dave Briggs (@davebriggstv) November 2, 2025 “Fundamentally, I’m dee…
Democrat Senator Goes Rogue — Reveals Real Reason Dems Won’t Open Government
Senator John Fetterman — once hailed as a progressive darling — is turning his fire on his own party. The Pennsylvania Democrat is blasting fellow Democrats for what he calls a “dangerous game,” accusing them of gambling with the livelihoods of millions of Americans as the federal shutdown drags on and threatens to cut off […] The post Democrat Senator Goes Rogue — Reveals Real Reason Dems Won’t Open Government appeared first on News Addicts.
"Cut The Sh-t": Pennsylvania Sen. Fetterman Rips Democrats, Demands Government Reopen
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is delivering a stark message to his party: “Cut the sh-t” and immediately reopen the government, expressing increasing frustration over the 23-day-long funding lapse and its growing toll on Americans. Fetterman publicly ripped into his party’s strategy, specifically targeting Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for blocking legislation on Thursday […] “Cut The Sh-t”: Pennsylvania Sen. Fetterman…
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