Democrats and progressives exploded with outrage after the Senate took a giant leap toward reopening the government Sunday night.

A Pennsylvania Democratic C-SPAN caller on Tuesday said she was done voting for Democrats amid dissatisfaction with the party over the ongoing government shutdown. The shutdown started on Oct. 1 after Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rallied nearly all Senate Democrats to block a bipartisan funding bill.

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A Democratic retired federal worker denounced her party on Monday for refusing to reopen the government as the shutdown entered its fourth week. The shutdown commenced on Oct.

Trump wants Republicans to end the shutdown quickly and scrap the filibuster, which requires 60 Senate votes for most legislation, so they can bypass Democrats altogether. Vice President JD Vance, a former Ohio senator, endorsed the idea in an online post Saturday, saying Republicans who want to keep the filibuster are “wrong.”

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's mass layoffs as the government shutdown drags on, pausing the cuts for thousands of workers.

CLIP #1: Summarize Senator John Fetterman's (D-PA) comments about the filibuster. CLIP #1: How does Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) respond to Sen. Fetterman's remarks?