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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 3, 2025

The American people aren’t dumb. There are no circumstances in which he is willing to negotiate.

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Amy Klobuchar
@amyklobuchar· Democratic · MN· Oct 3, 2025

It is not a December thing. It is not a January thing. It is a now thing.

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Jack Reed
@jackreed· Democratic · RI· Oct 3, 2025

Drug cartels are despicable and must be dealt with by law enforcement.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 3, 2025

We can’t make commitments or promises on the Covid subsidies because that’s not something that we can guarantee that there are the votes there to do.

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William Warren
@williamwarren· Democratic · MA· Oct 2, 2025

Donald Trump has the power to make sure the federal government can continue producing and releasing this critical information on Friday and beyond during his shutdown.

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William Warren
@williamwarren· Democratic · MA· Oct 2, 2025

While the data has been processed and there was time to prepare for the data’s release in the event of a government shutdown, the Administration is choosing not to release Friday’s jobs report.

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Tina Smith
@tinasmith· Democratic · MN· Oct 2, 2025

So they’re trying to retaliate against me or Sen. [Amy] Klobuchar and the result is all Minnesotans’ utility bills go up? What’s the point of that? That’s so stupid.

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William Warren
@williamwarren· Democratic · MA· Oct 2, 2025

Let’s be clear: the jobs data scheduled to come out this Friday has undoubtedly been collected and the President must release it.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 2, 2025

They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to open up the government. If that fails, we’ll give them the weekend to think about it. We’ll come back, vote again Monday.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 2025

Instead of playing politics with the shutdown, President Trump should be working on bipartisan solutions to lower Americans' costs and create jobs.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 2, 2025

Tom, let's come back to the basic premise: This is avoidable.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 2, 2025

They’ll have a fourth chance tomorrow to vote to keep, to open up the government.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 2, 2025

The Chuck Schumer, [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] wing of the Democratic Party shut down the government because they said to us ‘We will open the government but only if you give billions of dollars of funding for health care for illegal…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Oct 2, 2025

getting relief for people who’ve been hit by our health care wrecking ball.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 2, 2025

Americans see it clearly: They know Trump governs by chaos and welcomes this shutdown — and that Republicans are following his orders to maximize pain. That cruelty is already backfiring.

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William Warren
@williamwarren· Democratic · MA· Oct 2, 2025

not seeing their health care costs shoot through the roof.

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