The federal government shutdown has entered its fourth week, marking the longest in U.S. history, and tensions on Capitol Hill are mounting as lawmakers search for a way to end the stalemate. Among the growing chorus of frustrated voices is Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who surprised many this week by suggesting that the Senate should consider using the so-called “nuclear option” to suspend the filibuster — at least temporarily — to pass a bill that would reopen the government.
The proposal, which would allow legislation to move forward with a simple majority vote instead of the traditional 60-vote threshold, immediately stirred debate across party lines. It also placed Fetterman once again in the national spotlight as one of the few Democrats willing to publicly challenge his own party’s leadership on procedural norms.
Fetterman’s Call for Action
Speaking to reporters outside the Senate chamber on Monday, Fetterman expressed frustration with the ongoing shutdown, which has left hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed or without pay and disrupted food assistance programs across the country.
“There are no winners here,” Fetterman said. “It’s not getting better every day. People are going to start to get really hungry, and I’ve been fully committed to funding SNAP. This is just bad political theater. Open it up.”
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