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Lynch didn’t mince words either.
“I’m, I’m, I’m furious with the senators who decided to bail on us,” Lynch told CNN.
He went further, openly floating another standoff:
“There may be another opportunity in January, when this CR expires, but I’m not sure this experience has stiffened their spine. They should worry more about the people they represent, than, than, you know, the Republican speaker or, or the White House.”
Those remarks confirm what many conservatives have long argued. Democrats are not acting out of principle, nor out of concern for working families. Their number-one priority is blocking Trump’s policy agenda, even if it means shutting the government down again and holding federal workers’ paychecks hostage.
The previous shutdown broke records at 43 days, surpassing the 2018-2019 impasse by more than a week. Federal agencies went dark, national parks shuttered, and hundreds of thousands of employees were sent home or forced to work without pay. Yet Democrat leaders still appear willing to repeat the disaster.
The final reopening came only after President Trump signed legislation late Wednesday to restore operations nationwide. Congress passed the funding bill earlier that evening, with the House approving it in a tight 222-209 vote following the Senate’s earlier green light.
The package funds most federal agencies until January 30, 2026, and fully funds the Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs for the rest of the fiscal year. It also covers the legislative branch and ensures that over one million federal employees receive their salaries and back pay. Approximately 650,000 furloughed workers are expected to return to their posts immediately.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, one of the key architects behind the agreement, described the bill as “a clean resolution that reopens government and restores services.” His focus was rapid stabilization and getting the federal workforce paid and functioning again.
Senate Democrats, however, wasted no time expressing outrage — not because the shutdown ended, but because the bill did not include additional health subsidy extensions tied to the Affordable Care Act. Their priority list, once again, seems entirely disconnected from the people actually harmed by the shutdown they helped trigger.
Now, instead of learning from the economic fallout and the public frustration, Democrats appear to be gearing up for another confrontation. Lynch’s comments show that the party’s most aggressive members are willing to weaponize shutdowns as a political tool rather than a last resort.
If January brings another attempt to grind Washington to a halt, Americans will know exactly who’s pulling the plug — and why.
