Schumer warns of ‘Trump shutdown,’ lays out 4-pronged plan for Democrats
by Alexander Bolton - 02/10/25 12:23 PM ET
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) in a letter to colleagues Monday warned of the possibility of a “Trump shutdown” and reminded fellow senators that Democrats have the power to make or break any bill to fund the government past March 14.
Democrats in the Senate and House are looking more seriously at the looming funding deadline as an important point of leverage to slow or stop President Trump’s and Elon Musk’s freezing of federal payments, lock-out of federal workers and plans to slash government spending by trillions of dollars.
Schumer wrote that Democrats want to avoid a shutdown, and argued that if Congress fails to reach a government funding deal by the March 14 deadline, the fault would lie with Trump.
“Legislation in the Senate requires 60 votes and Senate Democrats will use our votes to help steady the ship for the American people in these turbulent times. It is incumbent on responsible Republicans to get serious and work in a bipartisan fashion to avoid a Trump Shutdown,” Schumer wrote.
Schumer released the letter a day after rank-and-file Democrats threatened to use a government shutdown as a last resort to stop Trump’s and Musk’s aggressive review of federal programs, which has resulted in lay-offs, furloughs and a pause on broad swaths of federal funding.
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