Senate Democrats Sweat Over Whether To Support GOP Funding Bill Or Own Costs Of 'Schumer Shutdown'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The Senate is slated to vote on a stopgap funding bill later this week to fund government operations for the remainder of the fiscal year to avert a shutdown set to occur on March 14 after midnight.
48% : " House GOP leadership unveiled a 99-page stopgap government funding bill, known as a continuing resolution (CR), on Saturday to fund government operations through the end of September.
47% : "Trump has the White House, and they have both houses of Congress.
44% : With government funding bills needing 60 votes to overcome the Senate filibuster, GOP senators are emphasizing that the onus is on their Democratic colleagues to keep the government open or suffer the blame for causing a shutdown.
40% : "Shutting down the government is not an outcome President Trump wants.
36% : Senate Democrats' decision to dodge how they will vote on the CR could reflect the conference's fears that they will incur political consequences for voting to shut down the government.
34% : The stopgap government funding bill contains no Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts and funds government agencies such as USAID that the Trump administration has sought to dismantle.
12% : Trump threatened to back a primary challenger against Massie for pledging to vote "no" on the CR in a post on Truth Social Monday.

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