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Nov 4, 2025
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What role did Senate leaders Mitch McConnell or Chuck Schumer play in the 2025 shutdown?

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer actively engaged in efforts to mitigate harms from the 2025 government shutdown, sponsoring emergency measures such as the Armed Forces Pay Act and publicly pres...

Nov 11, 2025

Government shutdown has it opened

The original claim “Government shutdown has it opened” is incorrect: the federal government remained in a shutdown as of the sources' reporting, but legislative action in the Senate passed a bill to r...