Democrats Want a Shutdown, and Republicans Should Act Accordingly
Washington is barreling toward another funding deadline, and Senate Democrats seem increasingly willing to use the threat of a government shutdown as political leverage. The biggest mistake Senate Republicans could make is assuming that Democrats share their interest in avoiding such a shutdown and the harm it would do to everyday Americans. They don’t. Democrats...
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Home – U.S. Senate News – Democrats Want a Shutdown, and Republicans Should Act Accordingly opinion Democrats Want a Shutdown, and Republicans Should Act Accordingly Chip Wyatt • July 8, 2026 Print U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on June 23, 2026 in the District of Columbia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); Washington is barreling toward another funding deadline, and Senate…
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