Senate Democrats signal they won’t pick a shutdown fight while DOGE has the reins

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told his colleagues on Thursday that he would vote to break filibuster on the GOP bill to fund the government, according to reports. - (Getty Images)

The Democratic Party’s contingent in the Senate finally rallied on Thursday and appeared for a brief moment to be on the brink of putting up its first real show of resistance under a second Trump administration.

With Friday’s deadline for a government shutdown creeping closer, Democratic senators came out one after another to signal opposition to the GOP bill approving continued federal funding, while cutting nondefense spending for the remainder of the 2024 fiscal year.