US Nears First Federal Shutdown in 7 Years, White House Blames Democrat

White House Blames Democrat: A last-minute financing package to prevent a government shutdown was not approved by US senators on Tuesday.

Republican Leader John Thune expressed sadness at the bill's failure to pass, but he was, however, hopeful that a deal could be reached to jumpstart government funding, according to a BBC quote.

“Democrats may have chosen to shut down the government tonight, but we can reopen it tomorrow," he said.

He further said: “All it takes is a handful of Democrats to join Republicans to pass the clean, nonpartisan funding bill that’s in front of us. And I hope, I really hope, that some of them will join us to reopen the government, resume bipartisan appropriations work, and get back to the business of the American people."

The White House, in a tweet, blamed the Democrats and said that it was the Democrats who had shut down the US government.

???? Senate Democrats just voted to send the government into a shutdown. DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN LOADING. pic.twitter.com/t7I2x7guxZ

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) September 30, 2025

“DEMOCRAT SHUTDOWN LOADING. Senate Democrats just voted to send the government into a shutdown," the White House said.

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The Democrats in Congress had been demanding the extension of healthcare subsidies and the reversal of cuts to domestic programmes.

According to The Guardian, the lawmakers voted 55-45 on a resolution to keep funding at current levels until November 21. It didn’t get the 60 votes needed.

After that the White House Office of Management and Budget put out a memo saying the government will shut down at midnight Tuesday and blaming Democrats.

It stated: “President Trump supports passage of H.R. 5371, but it is now clear that Democrats will prevent passage of this clean CR prior to 11:59pm tonight and force a government shutdown."

“Affected agencies should now execute their plans for an orderly shutdown. It is unclear how long Democrats will maintain their untenable posture, making the duration of the shutdown difficult to predict. Regardless, employees should report to work for their next regularly scheduled tour of duty to undertake orderly shutdown activities," it further stated.

The memo was signed by Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Trump White House.

According to CNN, several agencies have announced their shutdown plans, which include furloughing thousands of federal workers and many others will have to work without pay.

Following this, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Republicans of “plunging America into a shutdown".

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“There are going to be millions of American families sitting down and saying, how are we going to pay these damn bills?" Schumer said. “There’s going to be a crescendo through the beginning of October, the vast majority of Americans get those bills and they’re going to say, what the heck are we going to do?"

“At midnight, the American people will blame them for bringing the government to a halt," Schumer said of Republicans.

The shutdown will leave hundreds of thousands of federal employees without pay, disrupt services from food safety inspections to air travel and damage the world’s largest economy.

The Defence Department has already warned that active-duty and reserve military members will have to keep reporting for work without pay. Judiciary officials have said federal courts could be disrupted within days.

According to CNN, since 1980, there have been 14 shutdowns. The longest occurred under Trump in 2018–19, lasting 35 days and sidelining around 800,000 workers.

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