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According to the White House, the recent shutdown is driven by Republican and Trump administration efforts to leverage political advantage, even when bipartisan support exists for straightforward funding measures. They point out that Democrats have consistently voted for clean resolutions, including voting for them 13 times as recently as March. The administration claims that Republicans, instead of acting in the national interest, are holding the government hostage over ideological disputes that many Americans oppose.
"It's partisan politics that is shutting down the government," the official alleged, framing this as an effort to differentiate current actions from bipartisan norms and historic votes.