Schumer warns of growing chance of government shutdown [View all]

Source: The Hill

09/02/25 7:58 AM ET


Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned his Democratic colleagues in a letter Tuesday of the growing chance of a government shutdown, declaring that “Republicans are once again threatening to go-at-it-alone” by not negotiating with Democrats on a stopgap spending measure.

Schumer said the Trump administration is provoking a standoff over government funding by moving forward with a “pocket rescission” to claw back nearly $5 billion in federal funding for the State Department and the dismantled U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

“The only way to avoid a shutdown is to work in a bipartisan way, with a bill that can get both Republican and Democratic votes in the Senate,” he wrote to colleagues in the letter. “However, as we near the funding deadline, Republicans are once again threatening to go-at-it-alone – heading our country towards a shutdown.”

“With the Trump administration’s attempt of the so-called ‘pocket rescission,’ it is clear that Republicans are prioritizing chaos over governing, partisanship over partnership, and their own power over the American people,” the New York Democrat added. The Government Accountability Office has concluded that using a pocket rescission to rescind funds without congressional approval is unlawful, Democrats note.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5480989-chuck-schumer-government-shutdown-chances/