212 House Democrats vote to shut down government

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : 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.
48% : "We've heard a lot about Medicare.
47% : 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.
46% : We don't deal with Medicare on the Appropriations Committee.
45% : "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.
45% : Some House Democrats defended their vote against the CR by arguing that the House should have continued with bipartisan negotiations to pass government funding bills through regular order instead.
45% : "I want to keep government open, but I'm not voting for a CR," Democratic Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz told the DCNF, despite previously voting for several stopgap funding bills during the last Congress. House Republicans blamed Democratic lawmakers for trying to impose limitations on the Department of Government Efficiency and the president's authority to slash government spending as the reason for why government funding bill negotiations ultimately stalled.
43% : We've heard a lot about Medicaid.
26% : " "They're trying to shut down anything that President Trump is trying to do, also trying to shut down everything DOGE is trying to do," Republican Arizona Rep. Eli Crane told the DCNF.
24% : 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.

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