List of Democrat Strongholds Calling on Party to End Shutdown Swells
Craig Bannister
October 31st, 2025 12:41 PM
On Thursday, the Teamsters union called on Senate Democrats to pass a clean continuing funding resolution (CR), as a growing number of traditional Democrat strongholds are demanding their party end the federal government shutdown.
"Pass a clean CR, get to the table, negotiate a deal. Do not put working people in the middle of a problem,” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said at a White House press event, joined by Vice President JD Vance and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. The formidable International Brotherhood of Teamsters has 1.4 million members nationwide.
Even the virulently anti-Republican American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) has issued a statement calling for Senate Democrats to end the government shutdown by voting to pass a continuing resolution that would temporarily extend funding at previously-approved levels.
The number of unions and trade associations calling for Senate Democrats to pass a “clean” continuing resolution – one identical to the one they voted for that expired on October 1 - has been swelling.
Among them:
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