by Elizabeth Elkind and Alex Miller at Fox News
Speaker Johnson is accusing Senate Democrats of ‘threatening to force’ a shutdown
Republicans and Democrats are continuing to trade blows ahead of a potential government shutdown next week, with both sides indicating that neither is willing to budge from its position on federal funding.
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., released a memo earlier this week highlighting past years’ comments by Senate Democrats warning of the pitfalls of a government shutdown.
“House Republicans acted responsibly last week to keep the government open with the clean short-term continuing resolution,” Johnson’s memo said.
“Senate Democrats, who used to warn that shutdowns would hurt seniors, veterans, and working families, are now threatening to force one unless Congress repeals the Working Families Tax Cut, restores taxpayer-funded healthcare for illegal aliens, and sends half a billion dollars to leftist news outlets, among other partisan spending demands.”
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House Speaker Mike Johnson, right, is using Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s, left, and other Democrats’ words against them in a memo on the looming government shutdown threat. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The rest of the memo features a list of Democrats’ comments, beginning with then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warning on Sept. 16, 2024, “If the government shuts down, it will be average Americans who suffer most.”
At the time,…
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Continue Reading.@StephenM: Democrats have been clear — they will not fund law enforcement, the military, or public safety, unless they get free health care for illegals.
“We will see if there’s enough Democrat senators who are dumb enough to follow Chuck Schumer off the edge of that cliff.” pic.twitter.com/cGQ2yg0LSx
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 24, 2025