'Schumer Shutdown' Continues As Dems Refuse to Reopen Government for 12th Time

Scott McClanllen / Townhall Tipsheet

 

The ‘Schumer Shutdown’ continues as Democrats in the U.S. Senate voted for a 12th time since Oct. 1 to keep the federal government shut down. 

The Senate voted 54-46 to keep the government shutdown. The Senate needs 60 votes to pass a funding bill. Republicans support the measure, but not all Democratic lawmakers do.

The federal government has been shut down for 22 days, which is the second-longest federal shutdown since 1981.  The longest shutdown stretched for 35 days. 

If the federal shutdown continues much longer into November, then 42 million people might not get food stamp benefits next month. 

When pressed about the consequences of extending the federal shutdown, Democrat Whip Rep. Katherine Clark said:  "Shutdowns are terrible. Of course, there will be families that are going to suffer. We take that responsibility seriously, but it is one of the few leverage times we have." See Xs and videos here.

Who won final NYC mayoral debate? Cuomo gets an A and Mamdani barely makes the grade: experts

Craig McCarthy andCarl Campanile / NEW YORK POST

 

Andrew Cuomo was the winner of the final New York City mayoral election debate — passing with flying colors as front-runner Zohran Mamdani barely made the grade, a Post panel of political experts said.

Mamdani, the lefty Democratic nominee, was left sweating on stage Wednesday night as he took big hits from independent hopeful Cuomo and Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, making a poor showing with less than two weeks before the election.

“Cuomo won the debate,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist University Institute for Public Opinion, said of the 90 minute slugfest hosted by Spectrum NY1.

“He had a good night. He landed more punches and exposed weaknesses in Mamdani’s presentation. He presented doubts about Mamdani.”

 Here’s how The Post’s group of bipartisan experts graded the candidates:

Andrew Cuomo: A to A+ performance... The longtime politician and three-term governor stole the stage, firing off much sharper and more pointed attacks after a poor showing in the first general election debate last week. Read more here.