{"id":16742,"date":"2026-07-16T08:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16742"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:49:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T00:49:43","slug":"shutdown-fears-rise-as-trump-democrats-gird-for-september-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16742","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown fears rise as Trump, Democrats gird for September showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"479\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/109.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/109.png 479w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/109-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September after President Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump blindsided GOP leaders on Monday when he warned there could be another shutdown if Senate Republicans don\u2019t abolish the filibuster, which would allow them to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and spending legislation without any Democratic votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GOP senators have made it clear they don\u2019t want to risk a shutdown before the November elections, but Trump is bracing for another battle with Democrats that could shutter federal departments and agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump warned that unless Republicans abolish the filibuster, another shutdown is likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s so important that Republicans have to do it. It\u2019s so insane. Otherwise, we\u2019re going to have a shutdown in September,\u201d Trump said of his desire to abolish the Senate filibuster during a \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d interview Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said Trump\u2019s comments show that the president is getting ready to shut down federal agencies for the third time in the past year because he refuses to negotiate with them on increasing funding for Democratic priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s the mastermind at making things worse and worse and worse,\u201d Schumer said Monday on the Senate floor. \u201cDonald Trump told \u2018Fox &amp; Friends\u2019: \u2018Republicans have to terminate the filibuster. It\u2019s so insane. Otherwise, we\u2019re going to have a shutdown in September.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Trump shutdown, he\u2019s bragging about it. He\u2019s predicting it. \u2018Republicans have to terminate the filibuster, or we will have a shutdown in September,\u2019 says Donald Trump,\u201d Schumer added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those comments caught Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) off guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShut down the government if we don\u2019t abolish the filibuster? A new line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Democrats think it\u2019s increasingly likely that Trump may refuse to sign into law a short-term government funding package if Republicans don\u2019t pair it with the SAVE America Act, which would require people to prove citizenship when registering to vote, show photo identification at the polls and restrict mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis president wants to shut down this government. It shows his chaos, his continuing corruption and not being about serving the American people. He should not be shutting down the government,\u201d said Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Democratic senator who requested anonymity said both sides are \u201ctesting the waters\u201d ahead of another possible government shutdown, trying to assess which side would get more of the blame a few weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t think Thune has any interest in a shutdown,\u201d the Democratic senator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the lawmaker said Trump may provoke a fight with Congress over the SAVE America Act that could trigger a shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf Trump says, \u2018I\u2019m shutting it down if you don\u2019t pass the SAVE America Act,\u2019 go right ahead. You\u2019re driving the Republican train right over the cliff, and you just keep driving it. If there\u2019s a shutdown, they\u2019ll own it. There are members on the Republican side who think that\u2019s crazy,\u201d the Democratic senator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans say they\u2019re worried about Democrats shutting down government in the fall to protest the military conflict with Iran or to extract concessions from the Trump administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve continued to push our Democratic colleagues, saying, \u2018If you guys are going to shut down the government, we ought to know about it in advance,\u2019\u201d Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rounds said that while many rank-and-file Democratic senators want to avoid another shutdown, the Democratic leadership appears to be gearing up for another battle with Trump that could leave hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMost of the folks that we talk with \u2014 I believe them when they say that they do not intend to shut down government, but apparently their leadership has a different point of view. That\u2019s where I think the problem is right now,\u201d Rounds said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats should want to find a path forward on bipartisan appropriations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democrats fired a warning shot at Republicans on Tuesday by voting along party lines to block the $1.15 trillion annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which usually passes the Senate with strong bipartisan support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill advanced out of the Senate Armed Services Committee last month with Democratic support, but the partisan battle lines are hardening as the midterm elections approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) called the Democratic blockade a bad sign for the coming government funding fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s unprecedented to not pass the motion to proceed to the NDAA, and it reflects a decision and a mindset on the part of Sen. Schumer not to cooperate because so much of this has been done on a bipartisan basis,\u201d he said. \u201cIt really is a new low.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) urged both sides to step back from the brink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA shutdown is always bad, always. It represents an ultimate failure to govern, and I hope that the Democrats will not repeat the tactics that led to shutdowns last year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Schumer accused Republicans of pushing \u201clopsided\u201d spending bills that substantially increase defense funding levels while leaving nondefense programs with paltry increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is nothing normal about manufacturing a partisan process and then accusing Democrats of wanting a shutdown because we refuse to rubber-stamp the result. Fighting for a budget that delivers for the American people is not weaponization. It is our job,\u201d he wrote in a \u201cDear Colleague\u201d letter Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans are discussing strategies to pass legislation that would blunt the impact of a shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One proposal, the Shutdown Fairness Act, sponsored by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), would ensure that federal workers are paid during a government funding lapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe one good idea that\u2019s come out of all this is a bill that Ron Johnson\u2019s put forward to pay the government employees when there\u2019s a disagreement over spending,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said. \u201cI hope there\u2019s not another shutdown, but if the Democrats decide to do it, I think we should try to bring that bill up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passing that bill, however, would likely require moving it through the budget reconciliation process to shield it from a Democratic filibuster and getting the green light from the Senate parliamentarian to pass it through the Senate with a simple majority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators in both parties say the odds are rising of another government shutdown in September after President Trump demanded that GOP leaders abolish the filibuster or face a spending showdown and another shutdown. 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