Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has vowed that Democrats will block the Republican-crafted funding bill, raising the risk of a U.S. government shutdown by Friday night. With Republicans needing 60 votes to pass the measure, the battle over government funding intensifies. Some Democrats fear a shutdown, while others see this as their last chance to push for concessions before the fiscal year 2026 budget process.
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00:00Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path,
00:07drafting their continuing resolution without any input, any input from Congressional Democrats.
00:30This is a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path, drafting their continuing
00:57resolution without any input, any input from Congressional Democrats. Because of that,
01:12Republicans do not have the votes in the Senate to invoke cloture on the House CR.
01:20Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11th CR that will keep the government open
01:27and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass.
01:49We won the popular vote by big numbers and won counties in our country.
02:20Members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the House.
02:30Mr. President, you can continue.
02:31Thank you. Over the past six weeks, I have signed nearly 100 executive orders
02:38and taken more than 400 executive actions, a record to restore common sense, safety,
02:45optimism, and wealth all across our wonderful land.
02:50The people elected me to do the job, and I'm doing it.
03:13In fact, it has been stated by many that the first month of our presidency, it's our presidency,
03:22is the most successful in the history of our nation by many.