Fetterman Rejects Chaos, Votes to Prevent Government Shutdown

Washington, D.C.– Today, by a vote of 54-46, the United States Senate passed H.R. 1968,The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Actfor 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.
Senator Fetterman released the following statement in response:
“My YES vote on cloture IS NOT an endorsement of this deeply flawed CR.
“My YES vote on cloture IS 100% about refusing to shut our government down.
“I refuse to punish working families and plunge millions of Americans into chaos or risk a recession.
“I will never,ever, ever, ever, evervote to shut our government down.
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.