BREAKING: Senate Democrats have done the UNTHINKABLE and BLOCKED a bill that would’ve paid essential workers during the Schumer Shutdown.
They are ALL ABOUT inflicting maximum pain on the American people, it couldn’t be more obvious.
Democrats DON’T CARE about Americans!!!
🚨BREAKING: Senate Democrats have done the UNTHINKABLE and BLOCKED a bill that would've paid essential workers during the Schumer Shutdown.
They are ALL ABOUT inflicting maximum pain on the American people, it couldn't be more obvious.
Democrats DON'T CARE about Americans!!! pic.twitter.com/zthyWJa7fy
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 23, 2025
I’m a Democrat.
I voted YES.
Our government should be open.
Pay our military, federal workers, and Capitol police—it shouldn’t be controversial. pic.twitter.com/TrZRbrWyD8
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) October 23, 2025
Trump: ‘I think the Democrats have gone totally crazy…they don't care about the people. I really think they have no leadership—They really should approve an extension, get the Country back to work, and get the people paid…’
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) October 23, 2025
Democrats blocked a Republican-led attempt to provide essential government workers with paychecks amid an ongoing, 23-day shutdown, calling the bill overly selective and incomplete.
That bill, proposed by Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Todd Young, R-Ind., failed in a 54-45 vote, where 60 votes were needed to advance the bill over the threat of a filibuster.
Only three Democrats, John Fetterman, D-Pa., Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., voted with Republicans.
https://www.aol.com/articles/democrats-reject-bipartisan-bill-pay-174002402.html