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(93,205 posts) Wed Oct 1, 2025, 10:24 AM Oct 1

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Happening Now: Dems on the job in Congress fighting to restore health care and other cuts, republicans on vacation [View all]

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Photo shows House Democrats in full attendance to stop government shutdown while the Republican side of the chamber is empty.

watch: LIVE: Senate floor as government shutdown begins

Democratic minority leaders Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speak to the press after the U.S. government officially shut down at midnight

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Happening Now: Dems on the job in Congress fighting to restore health care and other cuts, republicans on vacation [View all] bigtree Oct 1 OP

The plan is to make us suffer, interfere with our Social Security payments and everything else Eliot Rosewater Oct 1 #1

And yet, no matter how many wooden stakes through the heart, Both Sides is still alive and well. betsuni Oct 1 #2

Every damn day they need to do this JCMach1 Oct 1 #3

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