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19th sequential daily thread covering The 2025 Democrat Shutdown of the United States Government
Day 19 Updates:
- Senate Democrats block spending bill for 10th time https://www.aol.com/articles/senate-democrats-block-gop-plan-154659077.html
- GOP has aligned on the Democrat Shutdown and are "discussing ways to minimize the pain on the American people that has been caused by the Democrats" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/19/nearly-three-weeks-in-white-house-and-gop-remain-aligned-on-shutdown-00614384
- Senator Paul is in favor of paying Troops and Federal Employees during the Democrat Shutdown, but democrats have already blocked the attempt to pay troops https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rand-paul-favor-paying-troops-federal-workers-government-shutdown-bill-rcna238429
The issue is caused by Democrats. What did they do? They passed COVID emergency corporate subsidies to health insurance companies during COVID, and set them to expire on Jan 1, 2026. Now that these subsidies are expiring as planned, they are angry and shutting down the government.
Day 19 Updates:
- Senate Democrats block spending bill for 10th time https://www.aol.com/articles/senate-democrats-block-gop-plan-154659077.html
- GOP has aligned on the Democrat Shutdown and are "discussing ways to minimize the pain on the American people that has been caused by the Democrats" https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/19/nearly-three-weeks-in-white-house-and-gop-remain-aligned-on-shutdown-00614384
- Senator Paul is in favor of paying Troops and Federal Employees during the Democrat Shutdown, but democrats have already blocked the attempt to pay troops https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rand-paul-favor-paying-troops-federal-workers-government-shutdown-bill-rcna238429
The issue is caused by Democrats. What did they do? They passed COVID emergency corporate subsidies to health insurance companies during COVID, and set them to expire on Jan 1, 2026. Now that these subsidies are expiring as planned, they are angry and shutting down the government.
