Schumer Shutdown is Happening: Senate Votes 55-45 on Clean CR

We all knew it was coming and now it’s officially here. The Senate just voted on the clean CR passed earlier by the House and while Republicans did peel off a few members of the Democratic caucus, it was not enough. The vote was 55-45, just five short of the number needed to avoid the shutdown.

U.S. Senate DEFEATS House-passed CR, 55-45.

60 votes were needed. pic.twitter.com/znnwukmWTc

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 30, 2025

Here’s the breakdown:

By a vote of 55-45, the Senate did not pass H.R. 5371, the Republican Appropriations and Extensions Act, upon reconsideration. (60-votes needed)
Senators Cortez Masto, Fetterman, and King (I) voted aye.
Senator Paul voted no.

— Senate Press Gallery (@SenatePress) September 30, 2025

We’ve known for more than a week, maybe longer that Fetterman was a yes vote and that Rand Paul was a no vote. Cortez-Masto released this statement explaining her decision to side with the GOP.

President Trump and Congressional Republicans are already hurting Nevadans who are dealing with high costs, an economic slowdown, and a looming health care crisis. This administration doesn’t care about Nevadans, but I do.

That’s why I cannot support a costly shutdown that would…

— Senator Cortez Masto (@SenCortezMasto) September 30, 2025

That’s why I cannot support a costly shutdown that would hurt Nevada families and hand even more power to this reckless administration. We need a bipartisan solution to address this impending health care crisis, but we should not be swapping the pain of one group of Americans for another.

I remain focused on protecting health care for working families, and I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together to tackle this problem.

Before the vote was held there was a moment of levity on the Senate floor when Sen. Schumer got up to argue that polls showed people were going to blame Republicans for the shutdown. He then acknowledged that a poll from the NY Times suggested otherwise. He called that poll “biased” leading to laughter in the chamber.

UPDATE: Cryin’ Chuck Schumer says the poll is “biased”

🤣🤣🤣 https://t.co/ckpP7XFvk0 pic.twitter.com/bxT7M5JxBv

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 30, 2025

After the vote, Sen. Thune said that while the shutdown was going to happen to appease the far left of the Democratic Party, it could quickly end as soon as tomorrow with just a few more votes.

.@LeaderJohnThune: The Democrat caucus in the Senate has chosen to shut down the government over a clean, nonpartisan funding bill… Why? Because far-left interest groups and far-left Democrat members wanted a showdown with the President. pic.twitter.com/kqItABWMQ6

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 30, 2025

Sen. Barrasso says Schumer has been running a “war room” to gear up for this shutdown for 8 weeks.

“The Radical wing of the Democrat Party demanded that Chuck Schumer shut down the government — and he did that today… He had a war room going for the last eight weeks to orchestrate the shutdown,” says @SenJohnBarrasso.

“But the cracks in the Democrats are already showing.” pic.twitter.com/aCoOrVojwG

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) September 30, 2025

Democrats wanted a shutdown and tonight they got it. The shutdown will go into effect tonight at midnight.

🚨 Senate Democrats just voted to send the government into a shutdown. DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN LOADING. pic.twitter.com/t7I2x7guxZ

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 30, 2025

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