Thune slams Democrats for blocked the extension of the funding of the government in the short term

The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., moved against the move of the Democrats of the Senate to block the short -term financing extension of the GOP while the congress is preparing for a closure of the government.

Democratic legislators led by the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., voted to block the continuous resolution of Republicans (CR) for a second time before the deadline to finance the government.

It is unlikely that an agreement will be concluded during the hours of decrease in the exercise (FY) 2025, and neither parts is ready to blink.

Thune said there would be more votes to come on the same bill, but that if Schumer wanted to speak, he knows where to find him. He also said that there were Democrats who “are very unhappy with the situation in which they are.”

The risk of government stopping increases after DEMS blocks the prolong sustained by Trump for a 2nd time

The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, RS.D., talks to journalists outside the western wing of the White House on September 29, 2025, in Washington, as president of the Mike Johnson room, listens. (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)

“We did not ask the Democrats to swallow new republican policies. We have not added partisan horsemen,” said Thune. “We simply asked Democrats to extend the existing funding levels to allow the Senate to continue the work of bipartite credits that we have started.”

“And the Democrats of the Senate said no,” he said. “Why? Because the extreme left -wing interest groups and the far left democratic members wanted a confrontation with the president. And therefore, the Democrats of the Senate sacrificed the American people to the partisan interests of the Democrats.”

The Republicans tried and failed again to advance their CR, which would have extended the financing of the government until November 21 in the main objective of giving legislators more time to adopt the dozen expenditure invoices necessary to finance the government, a feat that has not been accomplished since the 1990s.

The proposal to finance the government of the Democrats of the Chamber descends in flames with the deadline for closing in hours

The leader of the Senate minorities, Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., on the right, and the minority manager of the Hakeem Jeffries room, DN.Y., Walk speaks to media members outside the west wing of the White House in Washington, Monday, September 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP photo / Evan VUCCI)

Despite an imminent closure, Thune and the Senate Republicans found a positive point in the failed vote: more democrats crossed the aisle than the previous test earlier this month.

“The cracks of the Democrats are already present,” said the whip of the majority of the Senate John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Said. “When we had a vote on our proposal to keep the government open, the CR clean just before recess, we had a democratic vote. Tonight, we had three.”

Sense. John Fetterman, D-P., Catherine Cortez Masto, D-NEV., And Angus King, I-Maine, all crossed the aisle to support the bill.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the media members while he left the White House on September 26, 2025 in Washington, DC under pressure from Trump, the DoJ accused the former director of FBI James Comey to make false declarations and obstruction to a procedure of the Congress linked to the September 2020 investigation in Russia. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images) (Images Kevin Dietsch / Getty)

Meanwhile, Schumer pointed out that he was not ready to move from his position and rather pointed out on the GOP and President Donald Trump to “plunge America into a closure, rejecting bipartite discussions, pushing a partisan bill and risking American health care”.

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The Democrats of the Senate pushed an extension to expire Obamacare tax credits, among others, that the Republicans argued that it was not provisions that should be closed on a short -term financing extension.

However, Schumer was resolved that Thune and the GOP had to come to the negotiating table to solve this problem and develop a bipartite CR.

“We hope they sit with us and speak. Otherwise, it is the Republicans who will lead us directly towards a closure this evening, and at midnight,” said Schumer. “And the American people will blame them for arresting the federal government.”