Speaker Johnson Makes Shrewd Maneuver To Keep Shutdown Pressure On Schumer, Senate

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Speaker Johnson Makes Shrewd Maneuver To Keep Shutdown Pressure On Schumer, Senate

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By Staff
October 31, 2025

Speaker Mike Johnson is turning up the heat on Senate Democrats by keeping the House of Representatives out of session for a sixth straight week.

The shutdown, now the second-longest in U.S. history, is days away from breaking the 35-day record set in 2018-2019. And with no deal in sight, millions of Americans could start feeling the pain.

Senate Democrats have now swatted down House Republicans’ short-term funding bill 13 times. A few faint signs of compromise are emerging, but neither party’s leaders are blinking.

Instead, the Senate packed up and left town until Monday — after once again failing to move a funding bill — as key programs begin running out of money this weekend.

Support for 42 million Americans on food stamps could start drying up Saturday, when federal dollars for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are expected to run out. Women, Infants, and Children benefits are also at risk, despite the Trump administration shifting money earlier this month to keep it afloat. The Head Start program, which helps low-income families with young children, is staring at the same cliff.

Republicans’ plan — a clean, seven-week extension of current spending levels plus $88 million to protect lawmakers, the White House, and the judiciary — has bipartisan support on security grounds. But Democrats are furious they were shut out of negotiations.

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Democrats have nothing else. Democrats have said it themselves on several talk shows,
"This is tragic, and it is killing us but ... the shutdown is all we have. We don't have anything else."

While the Republicans watch what the Dems are doing ... while making popcorn.

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Democrats have nothing else. Democrats have said it themselves on several talk shows,
"This is tragic, and it is killing us but ... the shutdown is all we have. We don't have anything else."

While the Republicans watch what the Dems are doing ... while making popcorn.

With millions without food (children included) because SNAP benefits have run out because of the shutdown, how long do you think it will be before the GOP or Trump gets blamed?

The nuclear option I don't see as a long term avenue that the GOP should pursue.