The leader of the minority of the Senate Chuck Schumer from New York speaks to reporters at a press conference in the US Capitol during the third day of closing the federal government, on Friday, October 3, 2025 (photo Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
Washington – a re -opening agreement of the federal government was not perceptible on Friday after the Senate Democrats and Republicans failed on Friday, for the fourth time to go to the contract, and the House Marshal Mike Johnson announced that he would not bring his members to mid -month.
Two voices of the Senate in order to enhance the provisions of financial accounts, as expected, because the Democrats of the Senate remained almost unanimous in demanding republicans extending subsidies for health care in connection with a rapid enhance in insurance contributions.
Republicans maintain that they will not negotiate until the government opens.
In the center of the argument there are two separate bills for government financing. One is 91 pages Home Republican Bill This would keep the government open until November 21.
The second is a 68-page Democrat counter -proposal This is to ensure funds by October while restoring and a eternal expansion of some federal health and subsidies financing.
Republicans have once again failed, 54-44To get sufficient democratic support to achieve 60 necessary votes – although democratic meaning. Catherine Cortez Masto from Nevada and John Fetterman from Pennsylvania joined GOP, just like Senator Maine Angus King, independent. Republican senator Rand Paul from Kentucky voted no.
The Democrats’ plan was also not in 46-52 vote.
“Closing the government is always bad,” said Fetterman outside the Senate Chamber after voting on both bills. “Why is S – T?”
Sense. Chris Coons, Delaware Democrat and Jerry Moran, a Republican from Kansas, did not vote on any bill.
The Senate will not return to work until Monday, when two more votes on the same accounts will be planned.
Johnson said after the voices that the Chamber would remain in the break until October 14, which means that closing the government can last at least if no longer if the Democrats in the Senate continue their resistance to the Act on the Chamber.
Messages without interruption
Republican and democratic leaders spent the next day at Capitol Hill, sticking their closing messages.
At the morning press conference, during the great statuo -Capitol Hall of Johnson and the leader of the majority of Senate, John Thune doubled their claim that Democrats block government funds regarding the policy that, according to Republicans, would provide health care for immigrants without legal status.
“We challenge them to tell us why they do not try to re -grant illegal health care of aliens when they put it in their own account,” said Johnson, pointing to the poster of a distinctive language from the Democrats proposals.
The Democrats plan includes reversing the language by about $ 1 trillion GOP in Medicaid cuts, which President Donald Trump signed as part of the tax package and expenditure reductions on July 4.
Johnson felt an impartial congress budget office discovery In August, the novel law will lose about 1.4 million immigrants.
“This is what we promised and it will be achieved,” said the Republican of Louisiana.
Population that intended to lose their coverage legally include the current immigrants, including refugees and quylees, according to analysis By the organization of research on the Non -Profit KFF health policy.
Long -term federal policy prohibits immigrants without legal status in the USA receipt of healthcare financed by the government.
Premium healthcare increases
At their own set of afternoon press conferences, democratic leaders slammed what they described as a “republican health care crisis”.
The leader of home minorities Hakeem Jeffries indicated a poster showing the enhance in health care bonus for plans 2026 in Georgia, Idaho and Virginia.
“The crisis now has a real impact on the Americans from the working class,” said New York Democrat.
Jeffries asked why the Republicans extended numerous tax reductions in their July Act on the reconciliation of the budget, also known as “one great beautiful bill”, but it was impossible to “take over” the extension of increased tax breaks for people who buy health insurance on the market of the Act on inexpensive care.
“Republicans spent all year round, focusing on one large, ugly account so that they could permanently extend huge tax breaks for the rich,” said Jeffries.
The leader of the minority of the Senate Chuck Schumer also arrived armed with a set of posters on his snaping after the Funding Act failed again.
One showed a political graphic arrow indicating “false” under the question of whether the democrats threaten the government of closing health care for immigrants without legal status.
“They thought that they could threaten us, threaten and scare us. It doesn’t work because my club and democrats are adamant that we must protect the health care of the American nation,” said Schumer.
Senator Brian Scatz from Hawaii said about news about the members of the Chamber who do not return next week: “There is no more clear illustration of their lack of seriousness in terms of re -opening the government and resolving the crisis of healthcare.”
“It moves the rights to the management”
Johnson rejected the struggle of Democrats for health care as a “political conversation.”
When asked about the Trump administration threats To constantly leisurely down thousands of federal employees and cancel the financing of projects in heavenly states, Johnson said: “When Congress decides to turn off the lights, close the government, transfers management rights.”
“The president does not enjoy this, but if Chuck Schumer will give Donald Trump the opportunity to determine what the priorities are, he will take this opportunity and we are there,” said Johnson.
On pressing a reporter about memes that the White House published online in recent days, Johnson replied: “What they are trying to have fun with, try to disregard, is the absurdity of the position of democrats.”
On Tuesday, the White House published Ai Deepfake video, which Jeffries depicted in Sombrero and Wąsach, when Mariachi’s music played, while Schumer speaks in a false voice about deceiving people who don’t speak English.
