Three Senate Democrats voted in favor of the Republican Continuing Resolution, bucking their party and hoping to avoid a Schumer Shutdown. Those Senators are Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), John Fetterman (PA), and Angus King (ME).
🚨 BREAKING: Three Senate Democrats have just broken with Schumer, voting to keep the government open
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 30, 2025
- Fetterman (PA)
- Cortez-Mastro (NV)
- King (ME)
They want NO PART of the Schumer Shutdown!
In a post on X, Fetterman explained his vote, writing, "I voted AYE to extend ACA tax credits because I support them -- but I won't vote for the chaos of shuttering our government."
He added, "My vote was our country over my party."
It’s a sad day for our nation.
— U.S. Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) September 30, 2025
Our government shuts down at midnight.
I voted AYE to extend ACA tax credits because I support them—but I won’t vote for the chaos of shuttering our government.
My vote was our country over my party.
Together, we must find a better way forward. pic.twitter.com/lK1gqIIi60
Earlier, Sen. King had expressed concerns over the CR and played coy as to how he would vote.
"You'll find out when they get to K," he told CNN correspondent Manu Raju.
Sen. Angus King just told me he’s undecided on how he’ll vote on the GOP’s stop-gap measure. He joined nine Ds in March who voted to approve the funding bill
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) September 30, 2025
“You’ll find out when they get to K” in the roll call, he said.
Said he’s worried about shutdown but also one-sided govt
Sen. Cortez Masto issued a statement on her vote.
NEWS — Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) votes with GOP on clean CR. The vote is ongoing
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) September 30, 2025
Her statement: pic.twitter.com/0G8ghbz8XS
That statement read:
President Trump and Congressional Republicans are already hurting Nevadans who are dealing with high costs, an economic slowdown, and a looming health care crisis. This administration doesn’t care about Nevadans, but I do. That’s why I cannot support a costly shutdown that would hurt Nevada families and hand even more power to this reckless administration,” said Senator Cortez Masto. “We need a bipartisan solution to address this impending health care crisis, but we should not be swapping the pain of one group of Americans for another. I remain focused on protecting health care for working families, and I call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to work together to tackle this problem
It should be noted that both Nevada and Pennsylvania are swing states that voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
Democrats demanded the CR include funding for healthcare for illegal immigrants (through Medicaid/Obamacare), funding for NPR, funding for "green" programs in foreign nations, and a revocation of the rural hospital fund.
Thanks to the Schumer Shutdown, members of our military and Air Traffic control will not get paid.