The Democrats of the Senate block the bill to extend republican government financing

The offer of the Senate Republicans to adopt an extension of short -term government financing has been thwarted by the Democrats of the Senate as the deadline to finance rapid government approaches.

While the proposal slid easily to the room with a small drama, it struck a brick wall in the Senate and failed 44-48. A single legislator, senator John Fetterman, D-P., Crossed the aisle to support the republican plan. Sense. Rand Paul, r-ky., And Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, also voted against the bill.

Their inability to send the continuous resolution of the GOP (CR) of the Chamber to the office of President Donald Trump came on the attempt of the Democrats to advance their own counter-proposition to the plan of the Republicans.

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The Democrats of the Senate blame President Donald Trump for a possible closure of the government, while the head of the majority of the Senate John Thune, RS.D., is advancing with the extension of the financing of the Government of the GOP Chamber. (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)

He also occurs while legislators are preparing to leave Washington, DC, for a week to observe the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. They should return with only two working days before the deadline to finance the government on September 30.

“The room has acted,” said the head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, Rs.d. “The president is ready to sign the bill. We have the credit committee and many senators who are ready to go to work to adopt bipartite credit law to finance the government by authorizing these additional weeks in November. To do this, Democrats must take” yes “for an answer.”

The CR would have kept the government opened until November 21, and it included tens of millions for increased security for legislators and judicial and executive branches.

The head of the Senate minority, Charles Schumer, speaks during a press conference at the American Capitol on June 11, 2025 in Washington, DC (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)

The Senate Democrats have dug the GOP’s proposal, not so much because of what is in the bill, but of what does not. They also hung the possibility of closing the government on Trump, which demanded that the Republicans eliminated democrats from the process.

Thune accused that if the Democrats were “serious” about the financing of the government, they would not have “issued the most partisan legislation that you could”. “”

“I mean, it’s a bit astounding,” he said.

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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)

The head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, Dn.y., also accused Thune of not negotiating with him – a point against which Thune has pushed and noted throughout the week that his office is less than 25 meters from Schumer.

“We have two weeks. They should sit and talk to each other, and we may get a good proposal,” said Schumer. “Let’s see. But when they don’t talk to us, there is no hope of getting a good proposition. And that makes no sense.”

“And again, when Donald Trump says does not negotiate with the Democrats, because he does not know what the Senate looks like, or he does not know how to count, because without Democrats, they will end up closing the government,” he continued.

However, the requirements that Schumer and the Democrats lay in their counter are a bridge too far for the Republicans.

The bill was a permanent extension of the subsidies in COVID-19 of the Pandemic Age, which should expire at the end of the year, efforts to repeal the MEDICAID Cups in the “Grand and Beautiful Bill” of Trump, and an NPR and PBS financing poster.

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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Laguardia airport on Thursday, September 11, 2025, in New York. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

The whip of the majority of the Senate John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Told Fox News Digital that legislation was a “Trojan horse by the Democrats”.

“It’s for me, it’s a glimpse of what they will want to do,” he said.

“Schumer must play with the distant fringe on the left which leads the Democratic Party at the moment,” continued Barrasso.

The Senate Democrats are categorical that Obamacare credits, in particular, must be treated now rather than near the deadline. Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich., Told Fox News Digital that the legislators “had to do it now”.

“All opinions (insurance rate) are released on October 1, so you must have it now,” said Peters.

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However, the Republicans argue that the inclusion of an extension of tax credits to a short -term extension is not the relevance of the bill, in particular to try to give the congress time to finance the government with expenditure invoices. And Thune said the credits would be “addressed” after closing.

But for the moment, the problem at hand is always limited to communication between Thune and Schumer.

“I mean, these are the leaders of the American Senate,” said senator Thom Tillis, Rn.c. “I expect them to intensify. And if one does not really try, the other should at least demonstrate that they are – they try to negotiate in good faith. If they do not, then they get what they get.”