Schumer says he will not support 7- or 10-day stopgap to avoid shutdown [View all]

Source: The Hill

09/29/25 6:24 PM ET


Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) said he would not support a weeklong or 10-day government funding measure to avoid a government shutdown on Wednesday and buy more time to negotiate with President Trump and GOP leaders.

Schumer said he felt that Monday’s meeting with Trump at the White House made some progress because it gave him and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) a chance to warn Trump directly about the possibility that thousands of Americans will see their health insurance premiums soar next year.

Schumer urged Trump to press GOP leaders to add language to a seven-week continuing resolution to address the expiration of Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, but he ruled out supporting a weeklong or 10-day stopgap funding measure to buy some more time. “No, we have to do it now. The time is a wasting. We have to do it now. We’ve delayed and delayed and delayed,” he said, arguing that the extension of the Affordable Care Act subsidies can’t wait.

“As Martin Luther King once said, later means never,” he said. “They don’t want to do this, the Republican leaders, because their right wing — it will divide their party — their right wing hates ACA altogether.” “But we have to get it done,” he added. “The way to do this, is the president, who was really listening to us, tells the Republicans to do it.”

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