Fighting for Fiscal Sanity Against Socialist Destruction

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SHUT DOWN FOR ILLEGAL HEALTHCARE!
_Fighting for Fiscal Sanity Against Socialist Destruction_

As the federal government stumbles into its seventh day of partial
shutdown, with national parks shuttered, federal workers furloughed,
and essential services hanging by a thread, the impasse boils down to
one core battle: Republicans’ push for a clean continuing resolution
(CR) to keep the lights on at current spending levels, versus
Democrats’ insistence on bloating the bill with over $1 trillion in
new entitlements and pet projects. This isn’t just gridlock—it’s
a clash between fiscal conservatives committed to reining in
Washington’s excesses and the radical, socialist-leaning wing of the
Democratic Party, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer,
that’s willing to hold the American people hostage to fund their
big-government fever dreams.

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THE HOUSE PASSED A STRAIGHTFORWARD CR ON SEPTEMBER 19 BY A 217-212
VOTE, EXTENDING FUNDING THROUGH NOVEMBER 21 AT FISCAL YEAR 2025
LEVELS—no frills, no riders, just a bridge to negotiate the full 12
appropriations bills later. This “clean” approach, endorsed by
President Trump, would avert chaos for veterans, law enforcement, and
everyday families while buying time for real reforms. However, in the
Senate, Schumer and his allies have repeatedly blocked it, DEMANDING A
LENGTHY LIST OF ADD-ONS THAT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE DEFICIT
AND SOLIDIFY PROGRESSIVE PRIORITIES. Their shorter-term
counterproposal, through October 31, tacks on a permanent extension of
enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies—costing $350 billion
over a decade, per Republican estimates—and over $1 trillion in
broader health program expansions, _INCLUDING MEDICAID TWEAKS THAT
OPEN THE DOOR TO SUBSIDIES FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS._

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025: “THERE IS NOTHING PARTISAN IN THE CLEAN CR...
DEMOCRATS WANT TO GIVE FREE HEALTH CARE TO ILLEGAL
ALIENS...”-SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON

“EVERY SINGLE BIT OF THIS WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE,” House Speaker
Mike Johnson thundered at a press conference on October 1, slamming
Democrats for refusing the clean CR they themselves passed 13 times
under President Biden.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has been equally blunt, pleading for
just five more Democratic votes to break the filibuster: “ALL IT
TAKES TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT IS COOPERATION FROM JUST FIVE MORE
SENATE DEMOCRATS... THERE ARE CLEARLY CRACKS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE
AISLE.”

Three Democrats—Sens. John Fetterman (PA), Catherine Cortez Masto
(NV), and independent Angus King (ME) defied their party on October 1,
voting for the GOP plan.

BUT SCHUMER’S SOCIALIST SQUAD—AOC, BERNIE SANDERS, AND THEIR
ILK—REMAINS DUG IN, TURNING WHAT SHOULD BE ROUTINE FUNDING INTO A
WEAPONIZED STANDOFF. At the heart of the conservative fury are the
“abusive, wasteful programs” Democrats are shamefully fighting to
resurrect.

LEADING THE CHARGE IS LOUISIANA SEN. JOHN KENNEDY, THE FISCAL HAWK
WHOSE FOLKSY TAKEDOWNS OF D.C. BLOAT HAVE GONE VIRAL. On the Senate
floor last Friday, Kennedy laid bare the Democrats’ demands,
accusing them of holding the government “hostage” to restore
millions in “spending porn”—his signature term for
taxpayer-funded absurdities. “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez got very,
very upset, as did the socialist wing of the party, when the president
sent over what’s called a rescission package,” Kennedy said.
“Basically, President Trump just said we want you to take some stuff
out of the budget that we think is wasteful, and we did.”

HE RATTLED OFF EXAMPLES FROM TRUMP’S $9.4 BILLION RESCISSIONS
PACKAGE, WHICH DEMOCRATS NOW WANT REINSTATED: $3 million for an Iraqi
“Sesame Street,” $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in
Zambia, $500,000 for electric buses in Rwanda, and $67,000 to feed
insect powder to kids in Madagascar. “Under former President Joe
Biden, our federal government agreed to spend” on these “deeply
weird, woke” projects, Kennedy wrote in a scorching New York Post
op-ed. “If my colleagues still think this spending is necessary,
they should vote no on his request. But here on planet Earth, the
American people know they could be spending this money far better.”

In February, he praised Trump’s “prosecution” of waste: “These
are the same people who have chosen to support illegal immigration
over the rule of law... teachers’ unions over parents and kids...
criminals over cops and victims.”

The senator’s point? Democrats’ CR demands aren’t about
compassion—they’re about perpetuating a bloated bureaucracy that
prioritizes globalist handouts over American priorities like border
security and tax relief. Other conservatives echo Kennedy’s rage at
the “absurd waste” and Democratic “games.” Sen. Mike Lee
(R-UT), a leading voice against omnibus monstrosities, has blasted
Schumer’s tactics as “obstruction” straight from the “far-left
wish list,” tying the shutdown to Democrats’ refusal to cut $1.1
billion from NPR and PBS—”politically biased and activist media
systems, at taxpayers’ expense.”

House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) called the ACA push a
“TROJAN HORSE” FOR SOCIALISM: “DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO FURLOUGH
900,000 FEDERAL WORKERS JUST TO SUBSIDIZE THEIR FAILING HEALTHCARE
SCHEME—IT’S ABSURD.”

Meanwhile, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) mocked the impasse on X:
“SCHUMER’S PLAYING SHUTDOWN CHICKEN WHILE FAMILIES SUFFER. PASS
THE CLEAN CR AND STOP THE GAMES.”

THE WHITE HOUSE PILED ON, NOTING THE CR MAINTAINS SPENDING “50% MORE
THAN IN 2019” WITHOUT A DIME IN CUTS—YET DEMOCRATS CRY CRISIS.

Democrats’ socialist arm sees the shutdown as leverage to embed
irreversible spending, from ACA expansions that could add $662 billion
to the deficit over 10 years (per CBO) to clawbacks on Trump’s tax
cuts.

THE RESULT? DELAYED IRS REFUNDS, STALLED DISASTER AID, AND ECONOMIC
DRAG ARE ESTIMATED AT $1-2 BILLION DAILY.

_POLLS SHOW BLAME TILTING TOWARD DEMOCRATS, WITH 68% OF INDEPENDENTS
SIDING WITH THE CLEAN CR._

Enough is enough. The American people didn’t elect a Congress to
fund bug burgers in Madagascar or prop up failing entitlements—they
want results. President Trump has provided the blueprint: Cut the
waste, secure the border, and rebuild from within.

Now, it’s time for Congress to deliver. Call your senators today.
Tell them: Pass a clean CR free of socialist wasteful spending. Demand
they side with fiscal sanity over Schumer’s games. Lines are
open—make your voice heard before military paychecks bounce on
October 15 and the pain deepens. America deserves better than this
D.C. circus.

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