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Government shutdown likely after Schumer says Senate Democrats will block GOP funding bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stated that Republicans do not have enough Democratic votes to advance their funding stopgap bill approved on Tuesday, indicating a potential government shutdown this weekend.
If the funding bill is not passed and signed by the president by 11:59 p.m. EDT Friday, the government will partially shut down.
House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that Democrats would be blamed if they block the bill in the Senate and the government shuts down.
Chuck Schumer must decide whether to vote to keep the government open or risk being blamed for a shutdown.

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The Courier-Journal

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Will a 2025 government shutdown happen in March? What would a US federal govenment shutdown mean? How is Kentucky impacted? What we know.

6 days ago·Louisville, United States

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Richmond Times-Dispatch

Virginia senators say no to stopgap funding bill

With the clock ticking toward a potential federal government shutdown at midnight, Virginia's two senators say they won't support a stopgap spending plan that Republicans in the House of Representatives adopted to run the government for the next six months instead of passing a budget.

6 days ago·Richmond, United States

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American Greatness

Morning Greatness: Schumer’s Shutdown ‘Surrender’ Sends the Left Into a Rage › American Greatness

Good Friday morning. Here is what’s on 46 agenda today: 12pm: THE PRESIDENT signs Executive Orders 3pm: THE PRESIDENT delivers remarks at the Department of Justice News […] Source

6 days ago·United States

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WATE

What would happen if the federal government were to shut down?

KNXOVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The threat of a government shutdown is looming as lawmakers have a little over 24 hours to strike a deal. A government shutdown would mean any non-essential functions must stop until new funding legislation is passed and signed into law. However, all essential services and mandatory spending programs would continue. Political commentator George Korda said this is a problem for both sides of the aisle. Oneida teache…

6 days ago·Nashville, United States

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The American Spectator

Five Quick Things: Welcome to the Briar Patch, Chuck Schumer - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

I’m writing this installment of the 5QT on a Thursday afternoon, one day before we’re supposed to see a showdown in the U.S. Senate over a 99-page continuing resolution covering federal spending between now and September. Nobody on the Right likes continuing resolutions. Since they became the means of funding the federal government, our national debt has skyrocketed, and a budget that used to be somewhat near balance — in the late 1990, we actua…

6 days ago·Alexandria, United States

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Dawn

All eyes on Democrats as US barrels toward shutdown

WASHINGTON: The US government, already shaken to its core by Donald Trump’s radical reforms, could begin shutting down entirely at the weekend as Democrats face the stark option of opposing the president’s federal funding plans — even if it blows up in their faces. With a Friday night deadline to fund the government or allow officials to begin shuttering its agencies and operations, the Senate is set for a crunch vote just hours before the midni…

6 days ago·Pakistan

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