Following Tuesday night’s vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the lower chamber of Congress would recess until March 24, leaving Schumer with the option of accepting the House bill and keeping the federal lights on over the objection of progressive activists, or rejecting it and putting the nation’s capital on course for the 11th partial government shutdown since 1980.
In a statement after the lower chamber passed the funding bill, Johnson said it was “decision time for Senate Democrats: cast a vote to keep the government open or be responsible for shutting it down.”