House Democrats reportedly are considering shutting down the government over President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Trump last week asked the Republican-led Congress “to pass a clean, temporary government funding Bill (“CR”) to the end of September.”
Democrats see that legislation as “tacitly blessing” DOGE’s staff and spending cuts, Politico reported.
As a result, senior House Democrats have been asking members whether they would be willing to shut the government down over DOGE, which is headed by Elon Musk.
“Nobody wants a shutdown, but they don’t feel like aiding and abetting what’s happening, with Musk and Trump taking a wrecking ball to healthcare in particular,” one senior House Democrat aide told Politico. “Why would we be complicit in that?”
“At some point you’ve got to have a goddamn backbone. I am not giving them a blank check until September,” a senior Democrat lawmaker told the outlet.