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Posted on 09/30/2025 10:30:45 PM PDT by lightman
Three Senate Democrats voted in favor of the Republican Continuing Resolution, bucking their party and hoping to avoid a Schumer Shutdown. Those Senators are Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), John Fetterman (PA), and Angus King (ME).
In a post on X, Fetterman explained his vote, writing, "I voted AYE to extend ACA tax credits because I support them -- but I won't vote for the chaos of shuttering our government."
He added, "My vote was our country over my party."
Earlier, Sen. King had expressed concerns over the CR and played coy as to how he would vote.
"You'll find out when they get to K," he told CNN correspondent Manu Raju.
Sen. Cortez Masto issued a statement on her vote.
That statement read:
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 hurt Nevada families and hand even more power to this reckless administration,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “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
It should be noted that both Nevada and Pennsylvania are swing states that voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
Democrats demanded the CR include funding for healthcare for illegal immigrants (through Medicaid/Obamacare), funding for NPR, funding for "green" programs in foreign nations, and a revocation of the rural hospital fund.
Thanks to the Schumer Shutdown, members of our military and Air Traffic control will not get paid.
--Senator John Fetterman
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My ass. We were in Reno just a few short weeks ago. Every hotel was full. Every casino was packed. Every restaurant was full. And gas a dollar cheaper than here in Northern Commiefornia.
technically, King is an Independent but caucuses with the Rats for the most part
“for the most part”...how can you both be in the caucus and not in the caucus at the same time? :-)
Showing once again that the Democrats only care about power. There is no reason American taxpayers should be on the hook for any of that. Illegal aliens can utilize healthcare services in their home countries. NPR can survive on donations. Foreign nations can pay for their own "green" programs. On that list, it appears that only one item was meant to benefit Americans, and that was the only item DemocRATs opposed.
Even with these three, the Republicans still don’t have 60, so is the government shut down?
“caucuses with” as in “votes with” — yeah, it’s a wonkish term
As soon as I read the headline, I knew that Fetterman would be one of the three.
The guy is an old-fashioned classical liberal. Which means the Democrats might try to primary him when he runs for reelection in 2028.
He added, "My vote was our country over my party."
Senator Fetterman... a man with COMMON SENSE!
Schrodinger’s “rat.
Comrade AOC to Comrade Mamdani: They were unstable party operatives we have been surveilling for some time now. We will have to become problem eliminators when you gain power in New York and I purge Schumer.
Mamdani: Keep me posted.
RE: Senator Fetterman... a man with COMMON SENSE!
Schumer: See? I told you he didn’t belong with us.
Oh yeah....Anus King is "coy" alright.
“technically, King is an Independent but caucuses with the Rats for the most part”
Like Bernie Sanders.
May God bless and protect John Fetterman. That took guts.
Easy Vote to try to get re-elected.
Schmuckie could have easily given 3 permission to stray to get re-elected.
Rand Paul was the only Republican who voted against the bill.
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