by Jacob Adams at The Daily Signal
On Thursday, the Senate failed to pass bipartisan legislation to fund the Department of War for the next fiscal year, putting military personnel and operations in jeopardy as the government continues to be shut down.
“If anything was needed to demonstrate just how fundamentally uninterested Democrats are in supporting our troops—and defending our country—just take a look at this vote,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said on the Senate floor after the vote.
Senate Democrats just voted to block the Defense Appropriations bill that would pay our service members, with a raise, and fund our national defense so that the USA has the best military in the world. @HouseGOP already passed this bipartisan bill. Senate democrats continue to… https://t.co/YDWyGs8aCa
— Mario Díaz-Balart (@MarioDB) October 16, 2025
With a final vote of 50 to 44, the measure did not meet the 60 votes needed for passage. Three Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the bill: Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, and John Fetterman of Pennsylvania.
Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mont., wrote on X, “Dems just voted against funding our military even though this was a bipartisan appropriations bill.”…
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