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FIRST ON FOX: Republicans in New York’s congressional delegation are pressing their two Democratic senators to end the ongoing government shutdown, casting their opposition to the GOP’s funding bill as “radical and harmful” to residents of the Empire State.
The government shutdown has entered its eleventh day with Republicans and Democrats still unable to agree on a path forward. Thousands of government workers, including members of the military and federal law enforcement, are set to miss their first paychecks next week barring a breakthrough.
“You have abdicated your responsibility to New Yorkers. By consistently voting against the clean Continuing Resolution (CR), you have shut down the government with no willingness to reopen operations,” seven House Republicans wrote to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
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“Throughout both of your decades in federal office, you have consistently supported clean CRs as a way to keep the government funded and open until Congress can pass bipartisan spending bills.”
The Republicans accused their senators of changing course now “to spite President Trump and congressional Republicans,” and called it “a disservice to our nation and our institutions.”
“In fact, both of you have been vocal about your past opposition to shutdowns and the dangers they wreak on the American people,” they wrote.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a news conference following a weekly Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The letter is being led by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and is signed by the six other House Republicans representing parts of New York: Reps. Nick Langworthy, Nicole Malliotakis, Claudia Tenney, Nick LaLota, Elise Stefanik, and Andrew Garbarino.
Schumer responded in a statement to Fox News Digital,…
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