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This statement from Shutdown Schumer is a partisan distortion that collapses under scrutiny of the actual events in 2025.
Yes, the Schumer shutdown — which began when fiscal year 2026 funding lapsed at midnight on October 1, 2025 — has lasted 41 days as of November 10, making it the longest in U.S. history.
But President Trump did not "shut the government down."
Shutdowns happen when Congress fails to pass funding, and this one was prolonged by Senate Democrats filibustering a clean continuing resolution (CR) that House Republicans passed to keep government open at current levels with no policy riders.
Democrats blocked that CR 14 times, demanding that any funding bill include a multi-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that they set to expire on December 31, 2025.
Republicans, including President Trump, repeatedly said they'd negotiate healthcare fixes after reopening government, not during a shutdown. This is exactly exactly the same stance Democrats took in past impasses.
President Trump even proposed redirecting subsidy dollars directly to individuals via HSAs instead of insurers, but Democrats refused to separate the issues.
The hardships were real and unnecessary: ~670,000 federal workers furloughed or working unpaid, SNAP benefits halved for 42 million low-income Americans (despite a court order forcing partial funding), flight cancellations from exhausted air traffic controllers, closed national parks, and delayed VA services.
These weren't President Trump's "political hostages"; they were "leverage" Democrats wielded in an attempt to force ACA concessions.
On November 9, seven Democrats and one Independent (Durbin, Hassan, Shaheen, King, Cortez Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, Kaine) finally broke ranks, joining the majority of Republicans for a 60-40 procedural vote to advance a compromise: funding through January 30, 2026, full-year appropriations for VA and other key agencies, reversal of shutdown-era layoffs, back pay guaranteed.
The bill still needs final Senate passage, House approval, and President Trump's signature, but the path is now clear, and operations should resume this week.
Far from "refusing to fix the healthcare crisis," President Trump and Republicans forced Democrats to end their filibuster without concessions.
The emerging deal proves negotiation works once one side stops holding essential services hostage.
This was the Schumer Shutdown, and history will record it as such.
This statement from Shutdown Schumer is a partisan distortion that collapses under scrutiny of the actual events in 2025.
Yes, the Schumer shutdown — which began when fiscal year 2026 funding lapsed at midnight on October 1, 2025 — has lasted 41 days as of November 10, making it the longest in U.S. history.
But President Trump did not "shut the government down."
Shutdowns happen when Congress fails to pass funding, and this one was prolonged by Senate Democrats filibustering a clean continuing resolution (CR) that House Republicans passed to keep government open at current levels with no policy riders.
Democrats blocked that CR 14 times, demanding that any funding bill include a multi-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies that they set to expire on December 31, 2025.
Republicans, including President Trump, repeatedly said they'd negotiate healthcare fixes after reopening government, not during a shutdown. This is exactly exactly the same stance Democrats took in past impasses.
President Trump even proposed redirecting subsidy dollars directly to individuals via HSAs instead of insurers, but Democrats refused to separate the issues.
The hardships were real and unnecessary: ~670,000 federal workers furloughed or working unpaid, SNAP benefits halved for 42 million low-income Americans (despite a court order forcing partial funding), flight cancellations from exhausted air traffic controllers, closed national parks, and delayed VA services.
These weren't President Trump's "political hostages"; they were "leverage" Democrats wielded in an attempt to force ACA concessions.
On November 9, seven Democrats and one Independent (Durbin, Hassan, Shaheen, King, Cortez Masto, Rosen, Fetterman, Kaine) finally broke ranks, joining the majority of Republicans for a 60-40 procedural vote to advance a compromise: funding through January 30, 2026, full-year appropriations for VA and other key agencies, reversal of shutdown-era layoffs, back pay guaranteed.
The bill still needs final Senate passage, House approval, and President Trump's signature, but the path is now clear, and operations should resume this week.
Far from "refusing to fix the healthcare crisis," President Trump and Republicans forced Democrats to end their filibuster without concessions.
The emerging deal proves negotiation works once one side stops holding essential services hostage.
This was the Schumer Shutdown, and history will record it as such.
