“Today, Senate Democrats deliberately forced a shutdown and blocked a clean extension of current spending levels in favor of a nearly $1.5 trillion package of far-left priorities,” said Senator Blackburn. “Democrats had no problem voting for continuing resolutions when President Biden was autopenning them in the White House, but from the moment President Trump returned to the Oval Office they’ve reversed course, staging one political stunt after another. By forcing a shutdown, Democrats have deprived service members of their hard-earned paychecks, halted grants to state and local law enforcement, jeopardized care for seniors, and frozen critical services for Americans. It’s time for Democrats to drop the games, pass the clean stop-gap bill we’ve already put forward, and join us in returning to a responsible, regular appropriations process.”