ComplicityH.R. 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025•House Roll Call 70, Senate Vote 133., h70-119.2025, s133-119.2025
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This bill kept the federal government funded through September 2025, freezing spending at 2024 levels while cutting $13 billion from non-military programs. Senate Democrats faced a painful choice: block the bill and risk a shutdown that would give President Trump and DOGE free rein to decide which agencies stay open, or let it pass with no oversight concessions. The outcome was decided in the Senate cloture vote, where ten Democrats broke the filibuster 62-38. After that, the final vote only needed a simple majority. The House passed 217-213; the Senate passed 54-46.
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Why this is Complicity
By letting this bill pass, Democrats gave President Trump and DOGE six months to continue dismantling federal agencies with no strings attached. At a moment when the administration was already restructuring the federal government without Congress's approval, this was one of the few points of leverage Democrats had — and they didn't use it. Ten Democrats broke the filibuster, cutting billions in domestic spending with no concessions on oversight, Medicaid protections, or limits on DOGE's authority.
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H.R.1968 - Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025
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