# Dem divisions erupt over GOP's anti-shutdown spending bill | Fox News

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Press heard who they believed to be Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., screaming inside  private lunch on Thursday amid ongoing debate over the looming government shutdown.



Senate Democrats are in disagreement over how to proceed on the House-passed stopgap spending bill to avert a , with some inclined to help advance it and others apparently willing to risk a lapse in funding.

"We’ve been debating what to do, and there’s been people who feel strongly on both sides," a Democratic source familiar told Fox News Digital, in reference to several lengthy Senate Democratic caucus meetings in the past couple days.

As of Thursday afternoon, multiple lawmakers, including ., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., posted videos to inform social media that they were voting against the short-term spending bill, or continuing resolution (CR).

"I've seen the videos that they're going to shut it down," , a staunch advocate of keeping the government open, told reporters.

"I'm like, that's spicy. Spicy, I don't know," he said sarcastically. "I don't know if they'll do it or not."

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According to Fetterman, "Any party should never shut the government down."

He said it would be "a gift for the Republicans" for Democrats to block the House-passed CR. "In fact, if anything, I think, they're effectively daring us to do that."

The Pennsylvania Democrat further criticized his colleagues, recalling, "It wasn't that long ago before we were lecturing that you can never shut the government down. So that's kind of inconsistent."

"We can all agree that it's not a great CR, but that's where we are and that's the choice."

Warner defended himself to reporters Thursday, explaining there are "no good choices."

Asked if he thought a shutdown would be better for his constituents in Virginia, he said, "I'm saying both are awful."

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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., who serves a state won by President  said he hasn't "made a decision" on the House's short-term spending bill.



Asked about the claim of unity, Kelly referred reporters to Schumer's office.



Fetterman, who openly disagrees with many of his colleagues on the House-passed stopgap bill, remarked that Schumer is "entitled to his own views," but said, "I've been consistent with mine."

Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.

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