The Democrats of the Senate again block the GOP financing bill as the closure deadline approaches

The Democrats of the Senate again blocked the prolongation of financing of the short-term Republicans on Tuesday afternoon, further increasing the chances of a partial closure of the government and thousands of federal workers without payroll checks.

The democratic legislators of the upper chamber, led by the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., have come together to vote against the continuous resolution of the GOP (CR), a decision which marked the second time that the Democrats hindered the progress of the legislation this month.

The congress until midnight Wednesday to spend a CR otherwise the government will close. However, the possibility that this occurred has become more and more improbable throughout the day while the Republicans and Democrats huddled behind closed meetings a few hours before the vote.

The bill, which was adopted by the GOP chamber earlier this month, failed during a largely online vote, 55-45. Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., Was the only republican to vote against the bill, while meaning. John Fetterman, D-P., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-NEV., And Angus King, I-Maine, crossed the aisle to vote for the financing extension.

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The Democrats of the Senate offered a counter-proposition to the short-term financing extension of the Republicans of the Congress which includes political riders who are a red line for the GOP. (Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Democrats also tried to advance their own counter-proposition, but this bill was blocked in the same way by the Republicans of the Senate.

There is still time to avoid a partial stop, but the window closes quickly. If Schumer and Thune are unable to find a way to follow, it would mark the third closure under President Donald Trump.

When asked if he thought that a closure was inevitable, Trump said: “Nothing is inevitable”.

“But I would say that it is probably likely, because they want to give health care to illegal immigrants, which will destroy health care for everyone in our country,” he told journalists at the Oval Office. “And I didn’t see them bend a little when I said we can’t do that.”

Shortly after the vote, however, the management and budget office was published A memo The fact that the credits for the 2025 exercise would be exhausted at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, which makes a closure official.

“We do not know how long the Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, which makes the duration of the closure difficult to predict,” said the note.

The Republicans want to adopt a short -term “clean” extension until November 21, which will give debts to complete the expenditure bills, while the Democrats want to extend the expiration of subsidies to Obamacare premiums, among other requests.

But the chances of an agreement to materialize, in particular that which responds to the requests of the Democrats, are slim. The two Senate leaders exchanged beards throughout the day, first in the Senate, then in consecutive press conferences.

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President Donald Trump at a bilateral meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, not illustrated, in the Oval Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. (Yuri Gripas / Abaca / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Thune made the thrust of the Democrats for an extension of expired tax credits, which are not settled at sunset before the end of this year, as well as their other requests to repeal the part of the health of the “large and beautiful bill” of Trump and Clawback canceled funding for NPR and PBS.

Republicans argue that the inversion of Trump’s megabill cuts and canceling the cancellation of public broadcasting would represent 1.5 Billion of dollars, including their short -term financing extension.

“These are things they demand in the context of their so-called negotiation,” said Thune. “Ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing here to negotiate.”

Schumer, however, replied that the decision to close the government was “in their court” and charged that the Democrats were working to resolve the “health care crisis” of the GOP.

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An internal memo of the White House and Budget Management Office obtained by Fox News warns the force reduction agencies if a government closure cannot be avoided by October 1, 2025. (Images Kevin Carter / Getty)

However, despite the notation of a meeting at the Oval Office with Trump and the Republican Congress leaders, in addition to the public guarantees of Thune and Republicans that Obamacare tax credits could be discussed after the closure of a closure, Schumer asked that the Democrats be reduced to negotiations to develop a Biparties bill.

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Earlier in the day, the best Democrat in the Senate requisitioned a Thune floor painting which showed how many times the Democrats supported the CRS under former president Joe Biden. He said that Republicans were involved in the process each time.

“As a leader, I sat with the Republicans in each of these years and I created a bipartite bill. Their bill is supporter. They call it clean. We call it partisan. He has no democratic contribution,” said Schumer. “Thune never told me about it.”