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Amid the deadlock, Vice President J.D. Vance, during a recent press briefing, explicitly attributes the shutdown to Democratic obstruction. Vance states that despite broad Republican support for reopening the government, a faction of Democrats, led by Schumer and supported by figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have refused to budge unless their demands—chiefly billions in funding for healthcare for illegal aliens—are met.