While the CR bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse.

I had to do what I had to do.

well, as everyone knows, government funding expires at midnight tonight. As I announced yesterday, I will vote to keep the government open. I believe it is the best way to minimize the harm that the Trump administration will do to the…

I announce that the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin) and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders) are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 64, nays 33, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 134 Ex.] YEAS--64 Banks Barrasso…

The speaker certainly had some help from both the president and White House officials.

I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Booker), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Durbin), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Hickenlooper), and the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), are necessarily absent. The yeas and nays…

before we finish today, I would like to say that soon, the Senate will vote on a bipartisan piece of legislation that will make an important DC funding fix. This legislation will make sure that we take care of the residents of the…

As bad as passing the continuing resolution would be, I believe a government shutdown is far worse.

A shutdown will allow DOGE to shift into overdrive.

I would vote to break a filibuster.

Musk has already said he wants a shutdown, and public reporting has shown he is already making plans to expedite his destruction of key government programs and services.

Once you shut down the government, it is totally up to DOGE and Trump and Musk how long we’re in shutdown.

Clearly, this is a Hobson’s choice. The CR is a bad bill. But as bad as the CR is, I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.

yesterday, it was reported that Elon Musk and DOGE have been pressuring the Social Security Administration to cut phone services--phone services--that millions of Americans rely on to help get their benefits from Social Security. DOGE…

over the last 2 months, the United States has confronted a bitter--a very bitter truth: The Federal Government has been taken over by a nihilist. Donald Trump, in 2 months, has taken a blowtorch to our country and wielded chaos like a…

My job as leader is to lead the party and if there’s going to be danger in the near future, to protect the party.

But I believe allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.

I believe it is the best way to minimize the harm that the Trump administration will do to the American people.

Musk can use the shutdown to target 'furloughed' employees as useless, and lay them off.

If we go into a shutdown, and I told my caucus this, there’s no off-ramp.

It will support law enforcement and firefighters and teachers and basic city services. This legislation is very good news for the residents of the District of Columbia.

There are no winners in a government shutdown. It’s not really a decision, it’s a Hobson’s choice: Either proceed with the bill before us or risk Donald Trump throwing America into the chaos of a shutdown.

a government shutdown would give Trump 'more power.'

The potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are much, much worse.

For sure, the Republican bill is a terrible option. It is not a clean CR. It is deeply partisan. It doesn’t address far too many of this country’s needs.