“In a shameful display of coordinated political theater, Democrats are willing to run out the clock on funding the government in a failed attempt to block the America First agenda,” the House speaker said. “Now it’s decision time for Senate Democrats: cast a vote to keep the government open or be responsible for shutting it down.”
Before Schumer’s announcement, the only Senate Democrat to openly back the House GOP continuing resolution was Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), while Sens. Jon Ossof (D-Ga.), Angus King (I-Maine), Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) had signaled openness to supporting the bill.