Senate Democrats Block House-Passed Stopgap Measure as Shutdown Looms – Update: Democrats Demand Free Insurance for Illegals and More

On Friday, the US Senate rejected two measures to fund the government as a shutdown loomed. Both measures needed 60 votes to pass.

The Senate rejected a Trump-backed House-passed stopgap bill 44-48 and blocked a Democrat version 47-45.

The Trump-backed stopgap bill would have funded the government until November 21.

Democrat Schumer’s version of the measure to avert a government shutdown would have funded far-left NPR and other Marxist pet projects.

Democrat Senator John Fetterman voted with Republicans, and Republican Senator Rand Paul voted with Democrats to block the measures.

“If anyone believes that we’re on a rocket sled to autocracy, why would we hand our, a shuttered government over to President Trump or to Vought at OMB,” Fetterman said.

After the Senate leaves on Friday, Senators will be taking a week-long recess.

CNN reported:

The Senate rejected both the House-passed short-term government funding measure and a Democratic alternative on Friday, as clock ticks down towards a shutdown.

Both resolutions needed 60 votes to be adopted. The Democratic package was rejected 47-45, and the House-passed version went down 44-48. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman voted for both and Republican Sen. Rand Paul voted against both.

The House-passed version, put forward by Republicans, would extend government funding at current levels until mid-November and includes new funding for government officials’ security.

The Democratic resolution also includes additional security funding, but it only extends funding until October 31 and extends enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at the end of this year.

Update

BREAKING: It’s just been exposed that Chuck Schumer and Democrats in Congress are demanding free health insurance for illegal aliens, half a billion dollars for NPR, and a $1.5 trillion spending increase in exchange for averting a government shutdown. NO WAY. STAND STRONG.