Haven’t we done this like 37648788 times already.

212 House Democrats Vote To Shut Down Government

Two hundred twelve House Democrats voted against a GOP-backed spending bill Tuesday afternoon to fund the government through the end of September.

The stopgap government funding bill passed the House of Representatives 217 to 213. House Democrats’ decision to oppose a six-month extension of government funding, known as a continuing resolution (CR) comes after many Democratic lawmakers previously warned about the dangers of shutting down the government during previous government funding fights. (RELATED: Deeply Unpopular California Dem Launches Bid To Replace Newsom)

Just one House Democrat, Maine Rep. Jared Golden, voted with House Republicans to avert a government shutdown scheduled to occur on Friday after midnight. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie was the lone GOP lawmaker to oppose the CR, citing the stopgap government funding bill’s failure to incorporate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and significantly cut spending levels.

Trump and House Republicans have vowed to incorporate DOGE cuts during the fiscal year 2026 appropriations process. In two posts on Truth Social, the president suggested he will back a primary challenge against Massie after the Kentucky lawmaker pledged to buck the GOP on the stopgap funding bill.
The CR now heads to the Senate and will need the support of at least eight Senate Democrats to overcome the upper chamber’s filibuster. Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has committed to support the CR, telling the Daily Caller News Foundation he will never vote to shut down the government.

House GOP leaders sharply criticized Democratic lawmakers for pledging to vote against the CR and making false claims about the bill’s provisions to justify their opposition.

“There’s nothing in this bill about Social Security — not a single thing,” House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole of Oklahoma said during floor debate on the bill. “We’ve heard a lot about Medicare. We don’t deal with Medicare on the Appropriations Committee. It’s not in here. We’ve heard a lot about Medicaid. It’s not in here either.”

“If our Democrat colleagues want to increase their 21% approval rating with the American public they ought to start by doing the right thing and keeping the government open,” Speaker Mike Johnson said at the House GOP leadership conference Tuesday.