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Democrats have an opportunity to face as much as Trump—if they do not blow it

Editorial Board Published February 15, 2025
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Congress has one month to cross its spending invoice or threat a authorities shutdown, and Democrats are hinting that they may take this chance to lastly problem President Donald Trump and reclaim some energy.

As a result of the GOP has the slimmest of majorities within the Home, and at the very least a couple of Republicans are prone to leap ship, Speaker Mike Johnson will virtually definitely want some Democratic votes to cross something. 

And within the Senate, the place such a invoice will want 60 votes to keep away from a filibuster, even when all Republicans help it, Senate Majority Chief John Thune will want Democratic help as properly.

Because of this solely a bipartisan deal can find yourself on Trump’s desk—and that’s how Democrats have a terrific alternative to make use of the facility they’ve, even within the minority. 


Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, is joined by different Democrats throughout a protest on the Treasury Division.

Final Sunday, Democratic Sens. Andy Kim and Cory Booker of New Jersey signaled that they’re prepared to band collectively to make use of a authorities shutdown to curb Trump, who has dismantled federal companies and tried to implement unconstitutional orders.

“We’re going to stand up against the kind of things that Donald Trump is doing that are hurting Americans, making us less safe and raising costs. We will look at every single tool in our toolbox,” Booker stated on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

If the federal government doesn’t cross its spending invoice by the March 14 deadline, it’ll shut down. 

“Are Democrats willing to shut down the government over this gutting of federal agencies?” MSNBC host Ana Cabrera requested on her present “Ana Cabrera Reports.”

“The issue is, are the Republicans going to shut down the government? I’m negotiating in good faith on the Appropriations Committee with my colleagues in the House and the Senate,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, rating member of the Appropriations Committee, replied.

“We’re negotiating on that, but well, what we need to do is look at the assurances that, in fact, once we do come to an agreement that we will not have an interloper like Donald Trump or Elon Musk or, for that matter, the Speaker of the House saying the agreement’s off,” she added.

Different leaders, like Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries, are centered much less on a authorities shutdown and extra on how they’ll leverage the restricted energy they do have by way of appropriations, litigation, and communications. This entails shielding official authorities paperwork from the likes of Trump’s co-President Elon Musk, holding up Trump’s illegal actions within the courts, and getting artistic with how Democrats attain voters.

However Jeffries hasn’t totally dominated out a shutdown.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is seen in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 3, 2025. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, is seen within the Home chamber.

Earlier this month, in a 10-point letter to his Democratic colleagues, Jeffries “made clear to House Republican leadership” that “any effort to steal taxpayer money from the American people … must be choked off in the upcoming government funding bill, if not sooner.”

In the meantime, Democrats of various factions, from the Progressive Caucus to Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, have hinted at utilizing their votes to reign in Trump and Musk’s gutting of federal companies and government overreach.

Schumer despatched a letter to his colleagues hinting at a shutdown on Monday.

“Legislation in the Senate requires 60 votes, and Senate Democrats will use our votes to help steady the ship for the American people in these turbulent times. It is incumbent on responsible Republicans to get serious and work in a bipartisan fashion to avoid a Trump Shutdown,” he wrote.

The following day, he took to the Senate ground to place the federal government shutdown onus on Trump and Musk.

“Since the inauguration, unfortunately, President Trump and Republicans have been actively working to shut down the government entirely on their own. Democrats do not want to shut the government down. It’s the Republicans who are in charge, and it is their responsibility to avoid a shutdown,” he stated. 

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, who’s a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, additionally stated that she gained’t make it straightforward on the GOP—and different Democrats shouldn’t both. 

“It is the Republican majority’s responsibility to gather the votes necessary for them to pass their agenda. I do not believe that Democrats should be helping,” she stated.

Democratic leaders like Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Schumer joined a rally exterior of the Treasury Division in response to Musk’s hostile takeover of the division and different companies. They reiterated that their workplaces are fielding a staggering quantity of calls from constituents asking them to do extra to oppose Trump. Utilizing a must-pass funding invoice to pressure Trump’s hand offers the proper opening for Democrats to do precisely that.

Democrats diverted on whether or not they may truly undergo with leveraging a possible shutdown to get what they want, however they appear to agree on one factor: Republicans are accountable. 

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