As members of the cabinet met at the White House to celebrate the beginning of the end of the war in Gaza, a product of the peace deal that Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised as “a historic moment in the history of our country,” the Senate prepared to vote.
It was the seventh vote to reopen the federal government, and it failed, 54-45, along the same predictable lines as all the other attempts before it. All but three Democrats voted against the measure. Every Republican, except Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, supported it.
Gridlock endures, and now, a split-screen that the White House favors has emerged: President Trump rallied the international community, including bitter enemies, to bring an end to a two-year war, but Democrats will not bring the shutdown to a close.
“While we’re all celebrating this incredible success that we’ve had on the world stage,” said Vice President JD Vance, “the country could be doing so much better if Chuck Schumer did his job and opened the government.”
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