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Democrat Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government.
Then there is that Democratic Senator who wasted 22 hours of Senate time.

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Schumer blocks 12th GOP bid to reopen government as Trump says Democrats
'lost the negotiation'
Senate Democrats demand healthcare subsidy deal while Trump says no
talks until government opens
By Alex Miller , Leo Briceno Fox News
Published October 22, 2025 5:56pm EDT

Senate Republicans meet with President Trump amid shutdown
Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram has the latest
on the government spending fight on 'Special Report.'

The government shutdown meandered into its 22nd day with no end in sight
after a 12th GOP attempt to reopen the government was stalled and then
blocked by Senate Democrats on Wednesday afternoon.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus kneecapped RepublicansrCO bid to reopen the government for the 12th time in a 54-46
vote where Republicans needed at least 60 votes to advance the measure.
The latest failed vote comes as Schumer has demanded another meeting
with President Donald Trump and on the heels of an almost 24-hour
filibuster by Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore, that pushed the vote late into Wednesday.

During his marathon floor speech, which began at 6:23 pm on Tuesday,
Merkley spoke on authoritarianism rCo what he called the Trump Administration's overreach on immigration, separation of powers, and more.

"Republicans have shut down the government to continue the strategy of slashing Americans' healthcare," Merkley said, referring to the healthcare-centered debate holding up consideration of the government's funding.

He concluded his remarks at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday.


Little has changed in the upper chamber since the shutdown began.
Schumer and the Senate Democratic caucus demand that there be a real,
ironclad deal to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies, while Senate
Republicans remain adamant that there is no path forward available on
the matter until the government is reopened.

SCHUMER REQUESTS MEETING WITH TRUMP 'ANY TIME, ANY PLACE' AS DEMOCRAT STALEMATE DRAGS ON

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., leaving a press conference. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., steps away from reporters following a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Oct. 15, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

But what is old is new in a repeating cycle, and Schumer wants to meet
with Trump again.

Schumer, speaking on behalf of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries,
D-N.Y., requested another meeting with Trump ahead of the vote in a bid
to go around Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and
congressional Republicans to secure a deal.

There have been informal talks rCo more casual conversation than true negotiation rCo between Republicans and Democrats, but nothing has materialized that puts lawmakers any closer to solving the ongoing
stalemate.

"Hakeem and I reached out to the president today and urged him to sit
down and negotiate with us to resolve the healthcare crisis, address it
and end the Trump shutdown," Schumer said. "He should sit rCo the things
get worse every day for the American people. He should sit down with us, negotiate in a serious way before he goes away."

The last time the top congressional Democrats met with Trump came just a
day before the climactic vote to avert a shutdown. Neither side walked
away with a compromise, or agreement, to keep the lights on.

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SENATE DEMS EMBOLDENED BY WEEKEND RALLIES BLOCK GOP PLAN TO END SHUTDOWN
FOR 11TH TIME

President Donald Trump listens to speech from Senate Majority Leader
John Thune, R-S.D.
President Donald Trump listens as Senate Majority Leader John Thune,
R-S.D., speaks during a lunch with Republican senators on the Rose
Garden patio at the White House in Washington, Oct. 21, 2025. (Manuel
Balce Ceneta/AP)

Fast-forward to the shutdownrCOs fourth week, and Trump signaled herCOd
speak with Schumer and Jeffries rCo only after the government is reopened.

"The government has to be open," he said. "You know how long it will
take for them to do that? Just say, rCyOK, government is open.rCO That's it. There is nothing rCo TheyrCOre not negotiating."

"What they're doing is saying they lost the negotiation," Trump
continued. "And when we got the great rCybig beautiful [bill]rCO done, they lost the negotiation. Now they're saying, rCyWell, we want to get some of
the things we lost.rCO But the problem is the things they lost are very
bad for our country."

Congressional DemocratsrCO initial demands, made in a counter-proposal to
the House-passed continuing resolution (CR), called for a permanent
extension to the enhanced Obamacare premium tax credits and guardrails
on TrumprCOs ability to claw back congressionally approved funding, among other things.

SCHUMER'S SHUTDOWN SCHEME EXPLAINED: DEMS DOUBLE DOWN ON OBAMACARE
CREDITS AS STANDOFF DRAGS ON

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and House Speaker Mike
Johnson, R-La., walk to a press conference in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pictured at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

A White House official doubled down on TrumprCOs position and told Fox
News Digital, "We will not have policy conversations while the Democrats
are holding the American people hostage. Reopen the government."


While Democrats desire more than just an extension to the COVID-19-era subsidy, theyrCOve made their primary argument all about the tax credits.

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Thune offered Senate Democrats a vote on the subsidies, but so far they
have declined to take the leap and instead are holding out for a
guaranteed outcome in the shutdown fight. However, that is unlikely to
come as Republicans and the White House, so far, are equally dug in
against SchumerrCOs demands.

"I think [Trump] wants the Democrats to take rCyyesrCO for an answer," Thune said. "We've offered them a lot of the things they were asking for rCo a normal appropriations process, an opportunity to get a vote on some of
the things that they want to see voted on, with respect to the expiring Obamacare enhanced subsidies. But that can't happen until we open up the government."

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.


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