{"id":2843,"date":"2025-03-14T18:29:25","modified":"2025-03-14T18:29:27","slug":"fetterman-rejects-chaos-votes-to-prevent-government-shutdown","link":"https:\/\/www.fetterman.senate.gov\/fetterman-rejects-chaos-votes-to-prevent-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Fetterman Rejects Chaos, Votes to Prevent Government Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Today, by a vote of 54-46, the United States Senate passed H.R. 1968,&nbsp;<em>The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act<\/em>&nbsp;for Fiscal Year 2025, along party lines. U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) voted to invoke cloture, meeting the 60 votes necessary to end debate on the Continuing Resolution (CR) and move to final passage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Fetterman released the following statement in response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMy YES vote on cloture IS NOT an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMy YES vote on cloture IS 100% about refusing to shut our government down.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos or risk a recession.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cI will never,&nbsp;<em>ever, ever, ever, ever&nbsp;<\/em>vote to shut our government down.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Fetterman joined 9 Democratic colleagues in supporting the cloture motion, which broke the filibuster to proceed to final passage and prevent a government shutdown. He voted against the final passage of the CR.<\/p>\n","protected":false}}