Senate Republicans blast Democrats over rejection of short-term funding plan, warn of ‘Schumer Shutdown’

Senate Republicans are calling foul on Senate Democrats’ opposition to the GOP’s short-term plan to keep the government funded, calling it hypocritical. 

House Republicans on Tuesday unveiled their seven-week funding extension, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which congressional Republicans argue is as “clean” as can be. That means that the bill largely lacks any additional spending or policy riders.

But Senate Democrats have dug in deep on their rejection of the proposal, increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown come Sept. 30. It comes after Democrats previously warned Republicans not to use government funding as a political weapon when Democrats were in charge of the Senate.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., will ultimately need Democrats to pass a government funding patch. 

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He argued that under former President Joe Biden’s administration, Senate Democrats overwhelmingly voted for 13 CRs.

“Ninety-six percent of the Democrats voted for all 13 of those,” Thune said. “This is, again, a new practice that’s been invented because of Trump Derangement Syndrome, and because these Democrats hate giving this president anything.”  

Senate Republicans are now titling the possibility of a partial government shutdown as a “Schumer Shutdown,” given Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus’ unwillingness to support the GOP-authored bill.

“Now, all of a sudden, they can’t vote for it? It’s ridiculous,” Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., told Fox News Digital. “That’s exactly where they’re coming from, and it should be called the ‘Schumer Shutdown.’”

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Senate Minority Whip John Thune speaks after the Senate policy luncheon in Washington, D.C., on July 9, 2025. (Maxine Wallace/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

When asked why Democrats were entrenched against the Republicans’ bill, given their previous push for clean stopgaps, Schumer argued that “we’re in a much different situation” after the GOP passed President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill,” the $9 billion clawback of foreign aid and public…