Senate vote fails again as shutdown becomes one of the longest in US history

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Guardian

Mon 20 Oct 2025 18.39 EDT
First published on Mon 20 Oct 2025 11.26 EDT


One of the longest government shutdowns in US history just got longer after the Senate again failed to pass a funding resolution after a majority of Democrats continued their pressure campaign after the No Kings nationwide weekend protests. The Senate vote fell for the 11th time with a vote of 50 to 43, with no new detractors from the Democratic side.

Mike Johnson, the House speaker, has for weeks kept the House shuttered on an extended recess, and defended his strategy as necessary to push Senate Democrats into passing the House’s continuing resolution without policy additions. But Democrats have refused to support the measure without provisions addressing healthcare subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, which are set to expire at the end of the year.

Johnson, in a Monday morning press conference flanked by other Republican congressional leaders including Andy Harris, the House freedom caucus chair, said the reason for the shutdown was to appease Democratic voters, particularly putting blame on the No Kings rallies. “It is exactly why Chuck Schumer is pandering, in this whole charade. We’ve explained from the very beginning, the shutdown is about one thing and one thing alone: Chuck Schumer’s political survival,” Johnson said.

The stuffed vote also came after a prominent Republican lawmaker, representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, on Monday morning criticized Johnson’s strategy, calling on the House to return to session immediately. “The House should be in session working,” Greene wrote on X. “We should be finishing appropriations. Our committees should be working. We should be passing bills that make President Trump’s executive orders permanent. I have no respect for the decision to refuse to work.” The callout from Greene, who is aligned with the right flank of her party, is a noticeable crack in support for Johnson’s hardline approach from the GOP over an extended congressional recess.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/government-shutdown-republicans-longest-history

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Link to Roll Call vote - https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00576.htm

NOTE - there is a different combo of votes here from previous votes - this time only 1 (D) - Cortez Masto & 1 (I) - King who voted "yay". The Not Votings -

Not Voting - 7

Curtis (R-UT)
Duckworth (D-IL)
Fetterman (D-PA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Sanders (I-VT)
Tillis (R-NC)
Welch (D-VT)

[Nictuku]

1. This quote from the article:

"Our committees should be working. We should be passing bills that make President Trump’s executive orders permanent."

More reason to keep it shut down (but I'm sure there are a lot more reasons to open it back up)

[Initech]

2. No we shouldn't. These executive orders are illegal and should be rescinded.

Along with Trump's presidency.

[Nictuku]

3. I agree

And more to the point, this week starts (for many federal employees), to be furloughed (with a possibility of not getting repaid, even though THAT is illegal), and even worse, those employees who are 'Excepted' must work without pay (and again, the possibility of not getting re payed later). Not to mention all of the services to all citizens that are not available during this shutdown.

SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!

My post above, was trying to look for some kind of bright side to this mess. It is difficult to find.

[Javaman]

4. this will soon become "THE" longest.

and then some.

the very last thing the religious right wing fascist assholes want is for the gov to reopen.