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Democrats Fail to Keep Government Open

September 30, 2025

By Kris Ullman, Prsident of Eagle Forum

Democrats Fail to Keep Government Open

The federal government is currently heading into its first shutdown in seven years. The House-passed “clean” continuing resolution (CR), which simply continues the same funding levels until November 21st of this year, is the best path forward; yet Senate Democrats refuse to send it to the President’s desk. This is the same CR that Democrats have passed 13 times previously. Today, they have chosen to play political games instead.

Fighting Back in Olympia!

Fighting back: House Republicans stood tall this session

Despite Democrats using their large majorities to push through a number of misguided policies this session, Republicans were successful in stopping many of their most harmful proposals. Day after day — and often deep into the night — we battled. And we made a difference.

Here are some of the bills we defeated: